Father’s Day came early for Dougie MacIntyre, who showed up for a one-off caddieing gig in Canada and wound up helping son Robert to his first PGA Tour title.
It’s not often a winner ranks outside the top 25 in both strokes gained/off the tee and approach to the green (29th and 44th, respectively), but MacIntyre came up big around and on the greens.
It will be McDowell’s first Open Championship start since 2016, He should have a home course advantage, as he’s played Portrush “between 300 and 500 times”.
As his final tune-up before next week’s US Open at Pebble Beach, McIlroy had to be heartened by the fact each aspect of his game was clicking in Canada.