NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Robert MacIntyre screamed so loud when the winning putt dropped that he lost his voice.
He still was drowned out by thousands of delirious fans who celebrated one of their own winning the Scottish Open on Sunday.
“It’s the one I wanted, and the one I got,” MacIntyre said after making a 22-foot birdie putt that fell on its last turn on the last hole for a 3-under-par 67 and a one-shot victory over Adam Scott. “I can’t believe it’s happened.”
It’s hard to believe how it happened: a birdie putt MacIntyre thought was short, a sprinkler head he couldn’t see, and three metal spikes he wears in the front of his golf shoes.
Two shots behind with three holes to play in regulation at the Renaissance Club, MacIntyre was swearing up a storm when he saw his tee shot on the par-5 16th go into grass so deep he figured he would be able to advance it only 100 yards down the fairway.