THE 149TH OPEN

July 16, 2021

Robert MacIntyre

Mixed Zone

Q. That was a crucial putt on the last hole. Can you talk us through that?

ROBERT MACINTYRE: Yeah, I've been hitting it good pretty much all day, and I just hadn't got the putter going yet. I hit some good putts. I started being aggressive over the putts because yesterday I was lacking a bit of pace.

Yeah, just got unlucky on 17, and not just into the rough, it went into a divot and then I couldn't attack the pin. Good two-putt, and stood over that putt and I'd been talking with commitment about my coaches, just had to step up and commit to that one final putt, and if it went in, we were hopefully going to be high and about, at most, well, probably up the road. But it was just full on commit to the putt.

Q. How do you approach the weekend now?

ROBERT MACINTYRE: The exact same. I'm going to go and do a bit of work on the putting. It's just about switching the mental state with my putter. I just need to believe that it's going to go in and just keep doing what I'm doing. I'm hitting it beautifully. Some of the best shots I've hit in a long time. That one into the last was an example of it, pin high, just left, exact spot which I hit it.

Q. I know there's a lot of fans out there today, good atmosphere. How much are you enjoying that?

ROBERT MACINTYRE: No, it's been brilliant. British fans are always good. Obviously there's a lot of Scottish people down here last week supporting me. I've got family and friends down, also. It's going to be good over the weekend to have them supporting me and hopefully I can put on a good shift.