'My game was in a dark place - I wasn't enjoying it'

Robert MacIntyre has admitted his play was successful "a acheronian place" earlier this twelvemonth earlier he turned it astir and played himself into nan apical 20 of nan world rankings.

MacIntyre played nan mostly of nan twelvemonth competing connected nan PGA Tour successful America aft earning his paper 12 months agone acknowledgment to his performances connected nan DP World Tour.

The 28-year-old said making immoderate adjustments wrong his squad and his play was nan cardinal to nan turnaround successful his fortunes.

"It wasn't a acheronian spot personally - I was successful a acheronian spot pinch my game," he told BBC Sport Scotland.

"When I stepped connected nan play people I wasn't enjoying it. I learned from a mates of things and changed immoderate things wrong my team.

"So acold truthful good. It's astir maine trying to bask myself retired connected nan people and not to beryllium excessively difficult connected myself. I'm conscionable trying to deed arsenic galore bully shots arsenic I can."

MacIntyre says it was an acquisition leaving his Oban location and moving to Florida, wherever he was based for nan first six months of nan year.

However nan world number 16 announced earlier this summertime that he will beryllium based backmost successful Oban successful 2025, which he will tackle pinch accrued confidence.

"I learned a batch this year. I bask nan competitory broadside and nan play broadside of it [in America] - and what I did study was that my play crippled tin clasp up anyplace successful nan world," he added.

"It's difficult retired there. The modular is very precocious and you are trying to go 1 of nan champion players successful nan world. You person to compete against nan champion and that's what I’m doing."

MacIntyre's twelvemonth turned astir successful melodramatic style astatine nan extremity of May erstwhile he lifted nan Canadian Open pinch his begetter Dougie caddying for him aft flying successful astatine nan past minute.

After that came a stunning location triumph astatine The Renaissance Club successful East Lothian, erstwhile he became nan first Scotsman to triumph nan Scottish Open since Colin Montgomerie successful 1999.

The left-hander says reflections connected his occurrence will travel erstwhile he takes clip disconnected astatine nan extremity of nan season.

"I've not done overmuch recap connected thing this year. It's been 1 week aft another. If I person a week disconnected I don't deliberation astir much. I conscionable spell location and walk it pinch nan group that really matter," MacIntyre said.

"I americium looking guardant to a four-week agelong erstwhile I get off. Then pinch everyone astir maine I will beryllium down pinch nan full squad and build connected what's been a large year.

"I sewage nan 1 I wanted this play - nan Scottish Open has ever been a dream of excavation and I managed to get it."

MacIntyre has already qualified for each 4 of nan fields successful 2025 arsenic good arsenic 8 signature events connected nan PGA Tour that travel pinch immense prize costs of astir £15m.

He will besides person his eyes connected a spot successful nan European Ryder Cup squad that will effort to clasp nan trophy he helped regain successful Rome successful 2023.

The Scotsman - whose adjacent tourney will beryllium nan Dunhill Links complete Carnoustie, Kingsbarns and St Andrews Old Course adjacent period - is delighted his world ranking intends he tin style his 2025 schedule arsenic he wants.

"It looks engaged but it looks for illustration I tin very overmuch power my schedule," he said.

"For nan first clip really successful my profession I tin schedule each nan biggest events successful nan world. I tin prime and take wherever we spell and erstwhile we spell and take really we prepare. It's looking acold amended than it was past year."