THE YEAR 2025 turned out to be a career-best for Scots golf star Robert MacIntyre.
Maybe not when it comes to tournaments won – but certainly in terms of world ranking points and the amount of money made on the golf course.
Bob MacIntyre was a key man for Europe at the Ryder Cup – but it didn’t earn him any cashCredit: Reuters
He came agonisingly close to wining the US Open in JuneCredit: Getty
The Oban lefty had an agonising near miss in one of the majors but recovered to pick up points for Team Europe at the Ryder Cup and end the year having risen to his highest-ever world ranking.
MacIntyre, 29, started the season in indifferent form, exemplified by a top-10 finish at The Players Championship in March but missing the cut at The Masters in April which was won by Rory McIlroy.
But he rounded into form over the summer, being pipped at the post at a rain-soaked US Open at Oakmont by an inspired JJ Spaun.
His runner-up finish there banked him over £2million in prize money alone, his biggest pay check of the season (not to mention a few new fans thanks to his heart-warming reaction to Spaun’s winning putt).
A month later he earned another top-10 finish at The Open at Royal Portrush, worth £338,000.
MacIntyre was again in the hunt for a trophy at the PGA Tour‘s BMW Championship with a four-shot lead over Scottie Scheffler after 54 holes.
But the world number one came roaring back in the final round on Sunday as MacIntyre to claim the win.
Nevertheless, the Scot was able to pocket £1.6m for his efforts.
Team Europe famously scoffed at the idea of prize money for the Ryder Cup, and MacIntyre and his team mates triumphed 15-13 against the USA at Bethpage Black to come home with the trophy.
MacIntyre was one of several Euro stars who were targeted by the volatile New York crowds but had the last laugh as he serenaded his team mates with a rendition of 500 Miles on the bus.
It meant going into the final stretch of the season that the only thing missing from MacIntyre’s resume was a win of his own.
With the main PGA Tour season having concluded – from which MacIntyre earned £6.3m – it meant the Scot focused on the remaining DP World Tour events on his schedule.
And his victory came late in the season and on home social, clinching the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews on the same weekend as he played with Andy Murray.
MacIntyre ended the campaign with back-to-back top tens in the Abu Dhabi Championship and the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
That brought his earnings from that tour to just under £1.1m for the year.
He has already competed in one further unofficial tour event, the Hero World Challenge (the tournament hosted by Tiger Woods).
A 12th-placed finish in The Bahamas saw him take home another £145,000, taking his annual earnings for 2025 even further beyond his 2024 income of just over £4m.
In total, it means the Scot cashed in a staggering £7.55m for the year.
All this came with a rise to seventh in the world rankings, with only Scheffler, McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Xander Schauffele, Russell Henley and US Open rival Spaun ahead of him in the list.
MacIntyre finally claimed a win in 2025 at the Alfred Dunhill Links ChampionshipCredit: Getty
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