Ryder Cup winner Robert MacIntyre trolled his American hosts on the Valspar Championship in Florida after labelling his caddie’s bib with the scoreline from Europe’s victory in Rome.
The Scot, who was unbeaten with two-and-a-half-points within the Marco Simone Nation Membership in September, took benefit of a quirk of the match which permits gamers to decide on their very own wording for his or her bagman’s apparel.
MacIntyre opted for EUR 16.5 – 11.5 USA, a reference to America’s crushing defeat as Luke Donald’s facet received again the trophy, for Mike Burrows’ bib.
Nevertheless, Englishman Burrows was not even on MacIntyre’s bag for the Ryder Cup as they didn’t pair up till a month later.
MacIntyre’s selection understandably acquired blended responses. Ryder Cup Europe posted on X: “He’s solely gone and finished it. We approve” however their USA counterparts wrote “By no means too quickly to begin fascinated about Bethpage in 2025”, whereas the official PGA Tour account merely mentioned “Too quickly?”
Sadly for the 27-year-old left-hander he couldn’t rediscover the shape he confirmed in Italy, with simply two birdies and a bogey in a one-under opening spherical which left him six off the lead set by Kevin Streelman.
The Scot’s two American taking part in companions Kevin Roy and Chandler Phillips each outscored him, taking pictures six beneath and three beneath respectively.
MacIntyre is making his ninth look on the PGA Tour this season and has missed the lower in half of his earlier occasions, together with final week’s Gamers Championship.
