Robert MacIntyre claims his maiden European Tour title at the 2020 Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown with Sim Max Driver and TP5X golf ball

The 24-year-old from Oban, Scotland, burst onto the world scene in 2019 as he picked up the European Tour’s Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award alongside a tied sixth finish at The Open Championship.

Bob has rekindled his form throughout the 2020 season, which included a four-month hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic and finished 23rd in the season long Race to Dubai standings.

Bob has been a picture of consistency and only missed one cut all season long, with his only other non-finish being when he had to withdraw at the Scottish Championship through injury. He claimed his maiden European Tour victory at the Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown in November, made the cut at both the US PGA Championship and the US Open, and was in with a chance of claiming the overall Race to Dubai title heading into the final round in Dubai last week.

A few days before flying out to Cyprus in November Bob made the trip to the Wentworth Club to work with the TaylorMade Sports Marketing team to dial in his equipment. Bob has been making a few swing changes this year to compensate for a wrist injury, so the team decided to spend the full day with him away from the pressures of a tournament to go through the entire bag.

Bob is a high spin player and uses strong lofted irons, strong shafts and the TP5x Golf Ball to help keep control of his ball flight. However due to the injury he has had to weaken his grip a bit and therefore felt that his spin was now getting out of control.

He was spinning the driver between 2800 and 3000rpm which was too high for him, the team built a nine-degree SIM Max driver, set to lower on the FCT sleeve and added hot melt into the head to move CG forward to help control spin. In his new P7MC Irons he moved to a lighter swing weight so the shaft was not as soft, and he could keep his spin under control.

“Bob first started working with us at TaylorMade back in 2013 as a young amateur, like so many others with a lot of potential. But after getting to know Bob so well over the years, we know the high standard he sets himself and the work that goes on behind the results to get to where he is. He is a very talented but more importantly grounded individual, so we are sure he is going to continue this rise in the elite ranks of our sport and look forward to being a part of the journey.” –