Robert MacIntyre profitable a serious wouldn’t be a shock and his fearless mentality might propel him to one of many huge 4 titles, says former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley.
Eire’s McGinley, who has develop into one of the astute analysts within the recreation, believes the Scotsman’s type over the previous two years has established him among the many elite.
MacIntyre, 28, staged a late surge to say the Scottish Open at The Renaissance Membership final July – a month after profitable the PGA Tour’s Canadian Open together with his dad Dougie on the bag.
“With huge titles behind them – towards robust fields – a serious will not be that huge a leap for him,” McGinley informed BBC Sport Scotland.
“It did not occur at Augusta (MacIntyre missed the lower), however he is actually in that higher echelon of individuals being thought of to win a serious.
“Ought to he achieve this, it will not be that huge a shock. Two years in the past, it will have been an enormous soar. However he is closed the hole to one of the best gamers within the recreation.
“He is obtained a swashbuckling type. He does not play with a whole lot of worry. He’s a type of guys that you’ll think about as a possible winner in each main.”
McGinley – talking on the eve of a Legends Tour’s occasion at Apes Hill in Barbados, hosted by former Masters champion Ian Woosnam – can see similarities within the growth of MacIntyre and Danny Willett, winner at Augusta in 2016.
Willett was world quantity 12 when he claimed his Inexperienced Jacket however was considered as a shock winner as a result of he performed his golf largely on the European circuit.
MacIntyre is twentieth on the earth and often flies beneath the radar when predictions are made about potential main winners.
Nonetheless, he contributed 2½ factors out of three matches to assist Europe regain the Ryder Cup in Rome in 2023 and backed that up together with his two victories final 12 months
“He jogs my memory a little bit of when Willett gained the Masters. He had gained in Dubai towards an amazing subject a few months earlier than, so though it was a little bit of a shock win for the US viewers, he was on the cusp of the world top-10 on the time,” added McGinley.
