Bob MacIntyre admits his shinty expertise helped regular him as he thought he was about to lose the Ryder Cup for Europe final month.
It had regarded like Europe would thump the USA in New York, however the hosts fought again strongly on the ultimate day, earlier than the guests lastly secured the win via Tyrell Hatton’s level.
MacIntyre was final out for the Europeans and because the day wore on, it regarded more and more possible the Cup might come all the way down to the final match.
“It was horrible,” the world quantity eight informed BBC Radio Scotland’s The Saturday Show. “There is no vice-captains, there’s no person strolling with you other than your loved ones, pals, your companions.
“You’re feeling as if it is you and your caddie in opposition to America. After I teed off, I assumed ‘that is going to be over by the point I get to the eighth’, there was a lot blue on the board.
“I acquired to eight or 9, and the primary distinction is simply it’s extremely even, however there’s extra pink now. The matches taking place the 18th saved flipping to pink and I assumed ‘that is tight now’. It felt like ‘this might come all the way down to your match’.
“I missed the putt on the fifteenth and I truthfully thought ‘I’ll lose the Ryder Cup for us’.
“I did the very same factor in Rome, missed a putt on 14 and thought the very same factor – I’ve misplaced the Ryder Cup.”
Nevertheless, MacIntyre was in a position to depend on a mindset discovered from the sport he grew up enjoying again in Oban – shinty.
“I simply thought ‘what would I do in a sport of shinty once they rating a purpose within the eightieth minute to go 1-0 up?’,” he stated.
“You possibly can’t simply put your head down and quit. You’ve got nonetheless acquired 10 minutes to return again, similar in soccer.”
