MacIntyre wins first PGA Tour title with dad on bag

Canadian Open last leaderboard

-16 R MacIntyre (Sco); -15 B Griffin (US); -14 V Perez (Fra); -13 T Kim (Kor), R McIlroy (NI); -12 C Connors (Can)

Selected others: -8 A Rai (Eng); -7 D Skinns (Eng), T Fleetwood (Eng); -5 M Wallace (Eng)

Scotland's Robert MacIntyre held disconnected a big of challengers to triumph his first PGA Tour title astatine nan RBC Canadian Open.

MacIntyre, whose caddie astatine Hamilton Golf and Country Club was his begetter Dougie, nan caput greenkeeper astatine Glencruitten Golf Club successful Oban, recovered from a shaky commencement to triumph by 1 connected 16 nether par.

"I'm crying pinch joyousness but I'm laughing because I didn't deliberation it was possible," said MacIntyre.

"I was going down nan past and my dad's trying to show maine to enactment focused and plaything soft because [on Saturday] I sewage a small spot excessively fast, but successful my caput I wasn't listening to him.

"I wanted to triumph this for my dad, this is nan feline who has taught maine nan crippled of play and I conscionable can't judge I person done this pinch him connected nan bag.

"This is conscionable everything for maine and family, my girlfriend, my team."

The 27-year-old deed a closing two-under-par 68 to clasp disconnected American Ben Griffin pinch Frenchman Victor Perez a further changeable backmost and Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy connected 13 nether on pinch South Korea's Tom Kim.

The triumph besides secures MacIntyre's spot astatine nan US Open which starts connected 13 June astatine Pinehurst successful North Carolina.

MacIntyre had led by 4 shots going into nan last information but saw that advantage vanish aft he bogeyed nan first and location favourite Mackenzie Hughes made 3 early birdies.

The Scot responded superbly to birdie nan fourth, seventh and eighth holes to regain power of nan £7.4m event, contempt having to inquire for a drone being utilized for nan tv sum to beryllium moved connected respective occasions earlier he yet sewage his wish.

Another birdie connected nan 11th was followed by a chaotic tee changeable connected nan 12th into a h2o hazard and different bogey connected nan 13th opened nan doorway for nan chasing pack, but Europe's Ryder Cup victor crucially birdied nan 15th.

Griffin had piled connected nan unit pinch birdies connected nan 15th, 16th and 17th to adjacent wrong 1 of his playing partner but could not find different arsenic MacIntyre safely parred nan past 3 holes.

After two-putting from 12 feet for nan triumph he embraced his father, who had been called connected to caddie astatine short notice

"It's unbelievable. I'm a grasscutter not a caddie," said MacIntyre senior.

"Last Saturday night, I'm sitting connected nan sofa astatine location and I'm [thinking] tin I time off my occupation here, I'm engaged astatine work.

"Eight o'clock nan adjacent greeting I'm connected a formation retired present and wow."