McIntosh amazed to claim first Legends Tour title
EUAN McINTOSH enjoyed a dream Legends Tour victory at the Riegler and Partner Legends at Murhof Golf club in Austria, withstanding the pressure of the chasing pack to secure his maiden over 50s title.
The Scotsman carded a closing one-over-par round of 73 to finish on 10 under par, one shot ahead of 11-time Sunshine Tour winner James Kingston. Former Ryder Cup player Joakim Haeggman, 1996 BMW International
Open winner Marc Farry and 12-time Sunshine Tour winner Adilson Da Silva finished a shot further back in a tie for third.
McIntosh, who earned his place on the European over 50s circuit having been successful at the Legends Tour Qualifying School in 2019, was stunned to have recorded his first victory.
“It’s fantastic,” he said. “It’s absolutely amazing, I’m chuffed.
“I didn’t play very well today, and I was nervous at the start, and I don’t know, everything I tried to do just didn’t seem to come off. But I was watching the scoreboard the whole way round so I kind of just knew how to get it over the line.
“I think because of everything that surrounds it, that makes it difficult including press, that is in the back of your mind. I slept okay last night though.”
McIntosh showed great determination and patience in the final round as rain brought play to a halt at 13.35pm for 17 minutes but admits that the playing conditions were suited to him and did not discourage him at all.
“You’re used to it and a lot of guys who aren’t from Scotland maybe struggle in weather like that, so it didn’t bother me at all to be honest; maybe at the 14th when we stopped, I wanted to keep going!
“I was watching him on 15 and 16 [James Kingston] and you’ve got to do that because I knew he was playing well and he was really unlucky because he played 15 in a downpour and we stopped and he had to hit his tee shot and he was miles past so that was really unlucky, so we got a big break there.”