How shinty mindset helped MacIntyre in Ryder Cup win

Bob MacIntyre acknowledges that his shine helped him stay in place when he initially anticipated losing the Ryder Cup for Europe last month.

The hosts fought back strongly on the final day to ensure the visitors’ victory in New York, but it appeared as though Europe would take the show.

The Cup looked increasingly likely to come down to the final match as MacIntyre was last out for the Europeans.

The world number eight addressed The Saturday Show on BBC Radio Scotland, saying, “It was horrible. Apart from your family, friends, and partners, there are no vice-captains or companions.

You think it’s your caddie and you who are opposed to America. There was so much blue on the board when I teed off, and I was anticipating that by the eighth grade, everything would be over.

“I got to eight or nine, and the main difference is that there is more red now than it is,” the author said. I thought, “This is tight now,” as the matches down the 18th continued to turn red. It appeared as though “it could come down to your match.”

On the 15th, I made up my mind that I would lose the Ryder Cup for us because I did not care.

“I missed a putt on 14 and thought the same thing in Rome: I’ve lost the Ryder Cup,” he declared.

However, MacIntyre was able to rely on a perspective he had picked up from his Oban-shinty upbringing.

What would I do in a shinty match when they scored a goal in the 80th minute to make it 1-0 up? ‘”, he said.

The 29-year-old acknowledged that he is on the verge of accomplishing everything he wants in the game despite having previously won Ryder Cup victories in both Europe and America.

He said, “To win two, one at home and one away, is what dreams are made of.” I have one more goal in golf to reach, and that is to win a major championship.

Then I can leave the golf game feeling as though I’ve accomplished everything I had intended to.

And MacIntyre again enjoyed a significant role in the festivities, as usual. He was a key player in the action as videos of the Team Europe bus started to appear on social media, along with another rendition of The Proclaimers’ “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles” being recorded.

He recalled, “I wish I was on that bus again right now.” Some of the boys were flying before we even boarded the bus because their games had already ended.

“There was a little carnage going on that day,” said one witness. The journey home is always the best part of a win, especially when you’re on those buses, like in any sport, and when it’s an away game, especially since I’m from there, which are usually two and a half hours long.