Bob MacIntyre set for lengthy run of events in latest PGA Tour stint

Bob MacIntyre is about to embark on a five-week run of events on the PGA Tour before turning his attention to the two tournaments on this side of the Atlantic he’ll have circled on his 2026 calendar.

The Oban man took last week off after missing the cut in the PGA Championship at Aronimink, having suffered the same fate in the Masters for the second year running in April.

He’s now gearing up for the US Open at Shinnecock Hills then The Open as the final major of the season returns to Royal Birkdale for the first time since Jordan Spieth got his hands on the Claret Jug in 2017.

Bob MacIntyre is set to embark on a five-week run of events on the PGA Tour, starting with a Texas test later this week | Getty Images

MacIntyre is teeing up in this week’s Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, where he’ll be among seven players from the top 20 in the Official World Golf Ranking in the field.

The 29-year-old is also set to be in action in next week’s Memorial Tournament presented by Workday at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio, where Jack Nicklaus will host on the circuit’s $20 million Signature Events.

A third straight appearance in the RBC Canadian Open - the event he won two years ago - will then be in store for MacIntyre before last year’s runner-up bids to go one better in the US Open on Long Island the following week.

The Travelers Championship, another one of the circuit’s Signature events and held at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut, will mark the fifth and final leg of the Scot’s run before then taking a week off.

It will then be straight into the Genesis Scottish Open as the 2024 winner joins a star-studded field at The Renaissance Club before heading to Southport for the 154th Open.

In a recent interview, MacIntyre, who became a first-time dad earlier this year, spoke openly about how he is trying to “navigate life”, with Stephen Gallacher admitting that being a professional golfer, especially one with a young family, is far from easy.

“Remember, he’s from Oban and he’s now jet-setting,” observed the four-time DP World Tour winner. “He’s pretty much got an international sort of calendar and schedule now. Same as Rory.

“I take my hat off to Rory. I think Rory’s amazing for us. He’ll still play tournaments that he doesn’t need to play. He’s already fulfilled his quota, yet he’ll play three or four above what he needs because he loves the DP World Tour.

“He’ll play in America. He’ll go and play in India. It’s global now for these guys and that’s what you want. You want the top guys to play global. That’s what [Jack] Nicklaus and [Arnold Palmer] and all these boys have done.

Stephen Gallacher had some interesting things to say about not only Bob MacIntyre but lots of other Scots being either new dads or about to come new dads | Kenny Smith/ISPS Handa Senior Open

“Tiger [Woods] has done it all his days. Down to Africa, Australia, Asia, Dubai, America, Canada. That’s what they do. Same as Bob. He comes back and plays in events.

“That’s tough to do and that's what Bob was saying. You’re away from home. You’re travelling a lot. You’re jet-lagged. You’ve just got a young family. It takes a lot out of you.

“All the guys are going through that now at the same time. Conor Syme’s going to be having a kid. Grant Forrest just had a kid. Davie Law just had another kid. Calum Hill’’s had one as well.

“So they’re all going through that transition which we went through as well, which is tough. Then your beliefs and your whole life changes to not be as self-centred, to be more as a family man. It takes a wee bit to get used to. You’ve got other priorities now, apart from yourself. That’s what it’s all about.”