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Martin Dempster and Mark Atkinson discuss Bob MacIntyre's performance at the BMW Championships.

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00:00good morning and welcome to this episode of the scotsman golf show my name is mark atkinson

00:09sports editor and today i'm joined by our chief golf correspondent martin dempster we're here to

00:16discuss all things bob mcintyre after he came so close to winning what would have been the biggest

00:21title of his career at the bmw championship at caves hill on sunday night losing out to scottie

00:27sheffield in a thrilling climax martin you uh had to come back a little early from some time off

00:34as always the case with uh scottish golfers they time it well but it was well worth it given um

00:39an incredible performance by by bob ultimately what were your main emotions when the 72nd

00:46hole took place and mcintyre finished second yeah i think a bit like bob himself i think

00:54disappointed uh when you when you go into a final round with a four shot lead no matter what that

00:59event is and this was a big event um you're looking to get the job done and bob of course won twice on

01:07the pga tour last year finished second in the the us open this year top 10 in the open uh he was

01:14certainly uh in a mindset that he he felt he could get the job done uh he'd played brilliantly uh over

01:21the first three days um played with sheffler in the the third round on saturday handled that really

01:28well um and then went out in the final round with sheffler in his group again we knew sheffler was

01:35going to come at him he's that type of player he's relentless uh hence why he's dominated the game

01:41uh for the last three years uh but i think the one thing that bob will be disappointed about is that

01:47he started uh poorly bogey bogey start uh sheffler bird did the first and that really set the tone for

01:55bob's day um which ultimately uh will be a disappointing one when he looks back be it purely on

02:04what happened on sunday is there a case martin to to go that this is all part of the learning

02:12experience with bob mcintyre is it i think we're sometimes quick to forget that he is still only 29

02:19years old and um a lot's come his way in the past couple of years since he graduated onto the pga

02:25tour and and while it's desperate he didn't get that title he's not been in that in that sort of

02:31position many times before in his career oh and and yeah i mean we also have to look at the player who

02:39he was up against it essentially was a two-horse race in that final round sam burns

02:45got close at one point but it really was going to come down to bob and sheffler um and as you say

02:52um sheffler has won majors he's won two majors this year uh he's miles clear in the the top of

03:00the world ranking so that that that's the the task that bob had uh as you say he's he he's not been in

03:08this position too often in his career um those wins were were fantastic wins kit canada with his dad

03:15on the bag and of course the the genesis scottish open on home turf was a a really fantastic victory

03:22uh the u.s open this year um i wouldn't say he sort of totally came out the blue to finish second

03:29but it was a tough final day and and at one point we thought bob was going to

03:33win until jj spawn finished uh birdie birdie to to pip him uh on this occasion he was the man

03:40with that lead um and then he had played really well mark there's no doubt about that he he plays

03:46a really aggressive style of golf that people like um and he did say he felt comfortable going out on

03:53Sunday there was nothing to suggest that he was he was going to struggle the way he did but that's

03:58golf um you get off to a poor start it sets the tone and you're also up against a guy who you know

04:05is just going to be relentless from start to finish um i think bob could have imploded to be

04:12honest i think yeah he was disappointing the way he played but i think he if his head got really down

04:16he could have dropped down to fourth or fifth and that would have been massively disappointing the fact

04:21that he still finished second yeah he wanted to win but runner-up finish was worth more than two

04:27million dollars uh he's now into the world's top 10 for the first time he's climbed to eighth

04:32uh he's ninth in the fedex cup going into the season ending tour championship um and he's uh

04:39secured an automatic spot in the rider cup finishing he'll finish second in the the points

04:45list behind rory mccaroy that alone tells you the the level of golf that bob mcintyre's playing at the

04:51moment i was going to ask you martin do you feel if you were to look at bob mc the bob mcintyre 12 months

04:58ago to now do you feel that he has progressed as a golfer

05:02massively yeah there's no doubt about that i think his statistics uh will will prove that

05:09um he was he always had a a sort of a good week in him uh as we know saw in the canada and we saw in

05:17the the renaissance club in the genesis scottish open uh but his game this season i think i'm right

05:23in saying i think he missed the cut in the masters in april and i don't think he's missed a cut since

05:30then and yes some of those have been in these signature events where they don't have a cup but

05:34his level of golf's been fantastic uh and and that's why no one will be more disappointed about

05:42what happened yesterday than bob mcintyre because he knows the level of golf he can produce and

05:49yes that was i think in terms of stature i think that event yesterday would have been a big been a

05:56bigger win on his cv obviously canada we talked about his dad being on the bag and scotland's

06:03always going to be a big one but that would have been huge and that's why he will be hurting at the

06:09moment because he didn't finish that job off especially holding a four shot lead the great

06:15thing about golf martin especially this time of year is that there's no time to wallow in any

06:20self-pity or disappointment there's a lot on the line again for bob starting on thursday just talk

06:27the viewers through what what's coming up for bob in the next month to two months yeah well obviously

06:33the the tour championship the the pga tours tour championship at east lake and atlanta that involves

06:39the the top 30 players uh on the points list uh at the end of the season uh he qualified for that

06:46for the first time last year which was a you know an impressive feat uh and as i said earlier he's going

06:53in uh on this occasion in ninth place so he'll he'll be aiming to go one better in terms of a win

07:02uh that that'll be his target this week there's no doubt about that sheffield again will be the man to

07:06beat um so no that'll then mark the end of his uh season in america and it's going to be a

07:13a career best season uh over there um and then he'll then turn his attention to the bmw pga championship

07:23um at wentworth and then a couple of weeks after that he's got the rider cup uh and

07:31second time in a row he's going to qualify automatically for the european team

07:36um he was unbeaten in three matches in rome as part of a winning side there uh and he's

07:43uh now going to be heading to beth page black uh in the end of september uh aiming to be

07:50part of another winning team under luke donald so much to look forward to you mentioned the r word

07:57the rider cup we we should talk about that very briefly before we sign off as you say bob mcintyre

08:02will be we'll be there of that there is no doubt uh are the teams now pretty much set for for beth page

08:09or are there a few spots to up for grabs yeah i think in terms of the the european team uh obviously

08:15there's there's 12 spots uh six uh automatic spots are going to be filled and at the moment they are

08:22going to go to rory mcleroy uh bob um justin rose tommy fleetwood um sepp straka and uh shane lowry

08:34um sorry not not sepp straka tyrrell hatton and shane lowry are the six uh then thereafter you've got

08:42the likes of sepp straka ludwig eberg um victor hovland uh rasmus hojard uh are all certainly in

08:50position where you've got to think that they've got a really good chance of making the team and

08:55then of course we've got the john ram uh who he's down the points list a bit but he won the individual

09:02title and live at the weekend um you've got to think he's going to secure one of the six picks

09:08uh and we've got the the betfred british masters uh hosted by uh sir nick faldo at the belfry this

09:15week where the likes of rasmus hojard his twin brother nicolai uh marco penge who's uh he won

09:22for the second time the weekend uh in denmark on the dp world tour uh these guys are uh sort of vying

09:30for for one spot which certainly makes this week's event very interesting indeed and the likes of harry

09:37hall the englishman uh he wears the flat cap um he's been playing well in the pga tour he's made

09:45it to east lake for that tour championship and he's another one in the in the frame for that

09:50final spot exciting few weeks ahead of that there's no doubt and it'll quickly help us get over any

09:57disappointment from what happened on sunday night over in the states martin i know you've got a busy

10:02schedule thank you so much for joining us today we'll have all the coverage of this week's golfing

10:08events not just internationally but domestic as well for martin and of course all the build up to

10:14and the rider cup which is now not far away for myself and martin it's bye for now

10:19and I'm so excited to be here to be here to be here to be here to be here to be here to be here to be here to be here to be here to be here and

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