Portugal Colonial - Ryder Cup hero MacIntyre wins Alfred Dunhill Links on home soil

MacIntyre, who won one-and-a half points at Bethpage Black, secured victory in Scotland with a round of 66 at the Old Course at St Andrews to finish 18 under for the weather-hit tournament.

Tyrrell Hatton, who secured the half-point that saw Europe win the Ryder Cup, finished four shots back in second place after going seven-under on the day.

MacIntyre's victory saw him follow Colin Montgomerie, the last Scottish winner of the Dunhill Links back in 2005, as he chalked up a fourth European Tour title.

"It's brilliant but I don't know how I'm going to celebrate after the (European) celebrations we had last Sunday... but we'll try our best," said MacIntyre.

"It's a beautiful end to a good week. I've done everything against the book this week. I only pitched up here on Wednesday and had 12 holes... the diet has not been good this week and I've eaten plenty of takeaways, fish and chips and plenty of others.

"But sometimes when you least expect it, things happen."

MacIntyre, who won the Scottish Open in 2024, hit matching rounds of 66 at Kingsbarns and Carnoustie -- the other two courses involved in the tournament and made it a hat-trick as he went six under again at the Old Course.

With the after effects of Storm Amy wiping out Saturday's third round, the event was reduced to a 54-hole competition.

MacIntyre started his round Sunday with a birdie three on the first hole and was four under at the turn.

A solitary bogey on the 17th and a missed birdie putt on 18 were rare blemishes but by then he had done enough to take the title.

Reigning champion Hatton's charge came too late and South Africa's Richard Sterne, the co-leader at the start of Sunday's play, finished on 13 under for a share of third place with England's John Parry.

B.Godinho--PC