Robert MacIntyre

Flying high after following a first win in America at last month’s Canadian Open - with his father Dougie acting as caddie – with the first home win at the Genesis Scottish Open for 25 years on Sunday, achieved with a closing 22-foot birdie putt. The left-hander so nearly went into last year’s Open with the same title.

After a brilliant closing birdie for a 64 gave him the clubhouse lead Rory McIlroy pipped him by one with his own birdie-birdie finish.

The performance, however, helped the 2019 DP World Tour Rookie of the Year to qualify automatically for a Ryder Cup debut and in Rome he contributed to Europe’s victory with 2 ½ points from his three games, including a singles triumph over then US Open champion Wyndham Clark.

Came joint sixth and joint eighth in his first two appearances in The Open at Royal Portrush and Sandwich and on his Masters debut in 2021 was a superb joint 12th. A year later tied for 23rd there before achieving his second DP World Tour title at the Italian Open.

Narrowly missed out on the 2016 Open, losing in the final of the Amateur Championship to England’s Scott Gregory a year after becoming Scottish champion. Represented Scotland in the 2016 Eisenhower Trophy world team championship, then Britain and Ireland at the 2017 Walker Cup.