Bob MacIntyre says linking up with putting guru Phil Kenyon is 'no brainer'

Bob MacIntyre has started working with putting guru Phil Kenyon after enjoying his best week on the greens for some time at the end of last season following just a 90-minute session with the Englishman.

As part of his preparation for this week’s Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic, the Oban man has had two sessions with Kenyon on the putting green at Emirates Golf Club, having linked up with him for the first time in the week of the DP World Tour Championship here in November.

“We struggled a bit the last year and a bit,” said MacIntyre, speaking exclusively to The Scotsman, of his performances on the greens. “When I’m up there competing, I’m putting well.

“At the DP World event, I saw Phil for an hour and a half on the Monday and putted the lights out that week.

“I saw him again last week (ahead of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship) and I was putting great until it got really windy, which turns putting into a lottery.”

MacIntyre had previously relied on his swing coach, David Burns, for putting advice, but the 25-year-old is doing everything he can these days to take all the parts of his game to the next level.

“I’m at a level where I want to get better and I have to do what I want,” he added, having already added performance coach Stuart Morgan to his support team.

“I’ve tried to get advice from some other folk on it, but you need to go to the guy who is meant to be best and I’ve seen a massive improvement in my putting.

“I hadn’t had a tournament where I’d had four rounds gaining in putting for over a year, but I had that in the DP World after working with Phil for an hour-and-a-half, so it seemed like a no brainer.”

MacIntyre, who is among 10 Scots in the field for the new Rolex Series event, tied for eighth on his Dubai