Robert MacIntyre turned the primary Scot to win the Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship in 20 years on Sunday, only a week after that includes in Europe’s Ryder Cup conquer the USA, whereas younger Australian Harrison Crowe additionally picked up an accolade on the Dwelling of Golf.
MacIntyre, who gained one-and-a half factors at Bethpage Black, secured victory in Scotland with a spherical of 66 on the Previous Course at St Andrews to complete 18-under for the weather-hit event.
Tyrrell Hatton, who secured the half-point that noticed Europe win the Ryder Cup, completed 4 pictures again in second place after going seven-under on the day.
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MacIntyre’s victory noticed him comply with Colin Montgomerie, the final Scottish winner of the Dunhill Hyperlinks again in 2005, as he chalked up a fourth European Tour title.
“It’s good however I don’t understand how I’m going to rejoice after the (European) celebrations we had final Sunday… however we’ll strive our greatest,” mentioned MacIntyre.
“It’s a phenomenal finish to week. I’ve accomplished all the things towards the guide this week. I solely pitched up right here on Wednesday and had 12 holes… the weight loss plan has not been good this week and I’ve eaten loads of takeaways, fish and chips and loads of others.
“However generally while you least count on it, issues occur.”
MacIntyre, who gained the Scottish Open in 2024, hit matching rounds of 66 at Kingsbarns and Carnoustie — the opposite two programs concerned within the event and made it a hat-trick as he went six underneath once more on the Previous Course.
With the after results of Storm Amy wiping out Saturday’s third spherical, the occasion was decreased to a 54-hole competitors.
MacIntyre began his spherical Sunday with a birdie three on the primary gap and was 4 underneath on the flip.
A solitary bogey on the seventeenth and a missed birdie putt on 18 have been uncommon blemishes however by then he had accomplished sufficient to take the title.
Reigning champion Hatton’s cost got here too late and South Africa’s Richard Sterne, the co-leader initially of Sunday’s play, completed on 13 underneath for a share of third place with England’s John Parry.
The event is performed as a pro-am occasion with professionals paired up with amateurs, a lot of whom are celebrities, to additionally play a crew occasion.
Australia’s Harrison Crowe ended up lifting the groups trophy, combining with Cian Foley, son-in-law of the Irish billionaire racehorse proprietor and businessman JP McManus, to the title.
The pair completed 33-under par in whole, with Crowe pocketing a useful $76,000 for being the skilled on the profitable crew – he completed tied 71st on the professionals’ leaderboard alongside the likes of fellow Australian Cameron Smith and former world No.1 Dustin Johnson at -4.
“We teamed up brilliantly. I performed very nicely on the primary day and Cian got here in strongly within the second spherical. It’s been quite a lot of enjoyable,” Crowe mentioned.
The 23-year-old from Sydney earned his place within the discipline by profitable the PGA Tour of Australasia’s season ending occasion, The Nationwide Event, marking his return to the Dwelling of Golf following a viral video at St Andrews from his beginner days.
Crowe, who performed in The Masters and The Open two years in the past courtesy of profitable the Asia-Pacific Newbie, hit a shot from outdoors the well-known Dunvegan pub, over a number of buildings and onto the 18th inexperienced after having competed within the St Andrews Hyperlinks Trophy, one of many high beginner tournaments on the earth, simply as Ernie Els apparently did years in the past.
The checklist of amateurs braving the wild Scottish climate included Hollywood stars Invoice Murray, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, in addition to sporting royalty like hockey nice Wayne Gretzky (who performed with son-in-law Dustin Johnson), tennis legend Andy Murray and England cricket heroes Kevin Pietersen and Michael Vaughan.
Actor and comic Invoice Murray created one of many moments of the event when on the well-known 18th at St Andrews, a freakish bounce from a wayward tee shot put him again within the fairway.