'can't Be Far Away' - Macintyre Confident Of Ryder Cup Spot

Bob MacIntyre is assured of an automatic spot connected nan European Ryder Cup squad successful September aft a beardown showing astatine this year's Open Championship took him up 1 spot to 2nd successful nan standings.

The 28-year-old Scot vanished successful a necktie for seventh astatine Royal Portrush aft rounds of 71, 66, 70 and 67 near him 10-under par.

MacIntyre believes that, pursuing connected from his second-place decorativeness astatine past month's US Open, he has gone a agelong measurement to making Luke Donald's team.

"My occupation is to suffice automatically truthful that Luke Donald tin do what he wants pinch nan picks," he said. "I consciousness for illustration nan past 2 fields I've put a monolithic dent successful that.

"Again, for me, it's conscionable support going, play golf, do what you do. Good play takes attraction of nan Ryder Cup. I can't beryllium acold distant now."

The apical six classed players pursuing nan British Masters connected 24 August will suffice for Team Europe.

"For me, there's going to beryllium different 3 aliases 4 tournaments I'm going to play from now until nan finish," MacIntyre said. "If I do my occupation well, I should beryllium successful that team."

The Oban-born golfer had to stay diligent during his last information earlier finishing pinch 4 birdies successful his past 7 holes.

Despite that beardown extremity to his round, nan Scot was still 7 shots backmost from nan imperious Scottie Scheffler, who won his 4th awesome title by 4 shots from chap American Harris English.

"It was difficult, it was for illustration yesterday," MacIntyre said. "Playing well, making a rash mistake, not holing immoderate putts, emotion arsenic though I'm hitting tons of beautiful putts and nothing's going in. And past getting angry connected myself, but I conscionable had to hold my turn, hold my run.

"And past I clasp a mates of bully ones coming in, evidently a bully spot successful connected 14, a spread that's had my number each week. It's ever bully to decorativeness strongly, particularly pinch nan par connected 18, specified a beardown finishing hole."