Bob MacIntyre extends 'brilliant' cut record in majors and is ready to take reins off

The huge smile on his face said it all. “It's a brilliant record to have,” said Bob MacIntyre, speaking at the halfway stage in the 86th Masters at Augusta National, of extending his run of making the cut in majors to eight out of eight.

It was a step into the unknown for the Oban man when he teed up in the 2019 Open at Royal Portrush, but that test was passed with flying colours with a top-10 finish and he’s developed a handy habit of producing his best stuff on the game’s biggest stages.

“You never want to miss a cut in a major,” added MacIntyre, having made it to the weekend on this occasion on the back of successive 73s in the company of South African Charl Schwartzel, the 2011 winner and going well again here, to sit on two-over-par.

“Every time you get into a major, you want to make the cut and then try and compete. It's brilliant to know that my game stands up in the toughest of tests against the best players.”

The left-hander birdied the 72nd hole a year ago to tie for 12th, punching his return ticket to the Georgia venue in the process, before ending up in the top 10 again in The Open at Royal St George’s.

His sole success so far has come in the Cyprus Showdown, a low-key event on the DP World Tour, but he can feel pretty confident that more success can follow based on coming up with the goods in events like this.

“I mean, week in and week out, it might not be there, but the minute we get put under the gun and the high pressure, I just trust myself. I trust the people around me. They trust me. I trust them,” he said.

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