The brilliant Bob MacIntyre boosts earned by his epic seven-week US run
Scottish star set-up perfectly for huge home events after strong Stateside sequence
Flying Bob MacIntyre returns home for the next exciting chapter in his burgeoning career rewarded for a sparkling spell through the gruelling seven-week run in the States.
The Scottish star's hard work has paid off having made huge advances through a key period of the campaign to cement his positions in a variety of key races.
MacIntyre highlighted the successive-tournament spell with his stunning runner-up finish at the US Open after also bagging a sixth-place finish at the Charles Schwab Challenge and a Top 20 at the Memorial.
With positive other outings at the PGA Championship, Truist Championship and RBC Canadian Open, the 28-year-old set himself up to sign off the sequence in style at the Travelers Championship and he duly did so with a final-day surge to clinch a tied-17th at TPC River Highlands.
Chunky prize money including £1.7 million for his fabulous US Open week aside, MacIntyre has secured other key bonuses in terms of ranking boosts.
Having moved to fourth place in The Ryder Cup qualification standings following his second at Oakmont, the Tartan star made key further advancements in the chase for the Bethpage in September with his six-under par total in Connecticut.
Although he remains in fourth due to heartbroken Travelers' runner-up Tommy Fleetwood leaping up from seventh to second in the battle to join Rory McIlroy in Luke Donald's side, MacIntyre went above Shane Lowry in the standings and also opened further space to seventh-placed Rasmus Hojgaard with the top six guaranteed a team-place against the United States in New York.
On the individual front, the Oban star has returned to his homeland for the big summer events rated at No.14 in the Official World Golf Rankings.
MacIntyre is also destined for the end-of-season FedEx Cup play-offs in the States as he sits in 20th place on that table with the Top 50 making it through.
In terms of the Race to Dubai figures, MacIntyre sits seventh and heading to the DP World Tour play-offs in November.
With that spell now behind him and the points and the career ascent continuing, he is now back on home soil freshening up ahead of a spectacular period with two of the very biggest of the year looming large through the next month.
MacIntyre's next assignment will see him defend the Genesis Scottish Open title which he won last year in memorable fashion at The Renaissance Club to back-up his RBC Canadian Open success and bag a second PGA Tour title in front of his adoring support.
From East Lothian, it will then be onto Royal Portrush and a crack at the 153rd Open Championship with the scent for Major glory in his nostrils.
MacIntyre's performance and end result at the US Open has fuelled his belief he can win one of the big-four events and, as well as performing impressively as a youngster at the Northern Irish venue, he also has a tied-sixth finish in the locker from his Open debut at Portrush six years ago.
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