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Special report by Trevor Peake, Hoylake ….. TWO years ago this weekend Robert MacIntyre was a member of the Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup team on the end of a 19-7 drubbing by the United States at the Los Angeles Country Club in California.​ The 23-year-old Scot didn’t play in the first morning foursome but then was the only winner in the afternoon singles beating Cameron Champ 6&4 for the biggest win of the day, although GB&I trailed 8-4 overnight.​ On day two MacIntyre, ...

Oban lefty Bob MacIntyre brilliantly took to the overtaking lane heading to the weekend rounds with his lowest main Tour career round of 65 on day two of the Porsche European Open in Hamburg. MacIntyre, 23 muscled his way from two shots off the lead teeing-up on day two and storm his way to a superb four-shot leading advantage thanks to a rousing bogey-free round of seven birdies for an 11-under par total. The young Scot leads German Bernd Ritthammer (66) who is at seven-under par. MacIntyre, and ...

Rory McIlroy jetted home to Florida agonising again in letting slip a first Alpine victory after losing out in a five-man play-off for the Omega European Masters title. It was very much a case of history repeating itself as McIlroy stood over a five-footer for birdie at the first extra play-off but with the World No. 2 horribly not even hitting the hole to hand success to Swede Sebastian Soderberg. Eleven years ago, it was a Frenchman Jean-Francois Luquin who denied McIlroy in walking off with the ...

World No. 2 Rory McIlroy tumbled off the Alpine summit with a sloppy bogey, bogey finish on day three of the Omega European Masters. A tired-looking McIlroy was tied for the lead with two holes to play but proceeded to drop two shots in an eventual round of a disappointing one-under par 69 and drop to a share of fifth place at 11-under par on the Crans-sur-Sierre course. Argentina’s Anders Romero superbly fought back from a fifth hole double and to be three-over for his round to then play his ...

Rory McIlroy brilliantly muscled his way to just a shot from the summit after an Omega European Masters matching best of 63 on day two of the Swiss event. McIlroy was very much in a class of his own and bringing a record Crans-sur-Sierre crowd to their feet in moving to 11-under and just a shot off the lead. Malaysia’s Gavin Green, a former Asian Tour No. 1 and of Portuguese, Irish and Chinese descent, heads the field in signing a 64 to lead by a shot. McIlroy is among five players at 10-under ...

Despite his lofty stature Rory McIlroy struggled at altitude in posting a ‘no frills’ 67 on the opening day of the Omega European Masters at Crans-Montana. McIlroy’s return to the Alpine course in eight years was a mix of six birdies but also half as many bogeys. The effort left the World No. 2 trailing four shots behind the leading duo of Frenchman Mike Lorenzo-Vera and Austrian Matthias Schwab who signed for seven-under par 63s. Lorenzo-Vera, 34 was one-over through six holes and completed ...

Eleven years on and Rory McIlroy has returned to the Omega European Masters high in the Swiss Alps looking for the one that got away. It was 2008 and McIlroy was competing on the Crans-sur-Sierre course for a first occasion, and the memories that week of lettting slip a first pro victory remain as fresh at the Alpine air. Bernie was present that day when the then World No. 172nd ranked Northern Irishman, and that’s 170 places lowly than his current ranking having moved up a place from No. 3 in ...