It’s not unusual for players and their caddies to cry and embrace after a big PGA Tour win.
It is uncommon, however, for the caddie to have known the player since he was born.
That was the situation Sunday after Robert MacIntyre tapped in his final putt at the RBC Canadian Open and claimed his first win on the PGA Tour. He hugged his caddie, Dougie MacIntyre, who is also his dad.
“This is the guy that’s taught me the game of golf. I just can’t believe I’ve done this with him on the bag,” Robert MacIntyre said through tears during an interview with CBS’ Amanda Balionis after the special moment.
MacIntyre, who has spoken openly about being homesick for Scotland his season, asked his dad to be his caddie at the Canadian Open less than a week ago, according to Golf.com.
Although Dougie MacIntyre has no experience as a PGA player, he is someone Robert MacIntyre trusts to help keep him calm.
“I’ve only been home really three weeks since January the 3rd, so I don’t get to see my dad much. Obviously, I phoned him, emergency phone call to come here last week. He jumped at the chance. It’s good to just spend an extra week with loved ones,” the PGA golfer told Golf.com earlier this week.
In his own interview with Balionis, Dougie MacIntyre described the experience as “unbelievable.”
“I’m a grass cutter,” he said, referencing his job as head greenskeeper at Glencruitten Golf Club in Oban in the United Kingdom.
“I’m sitting on the couch at home eight o’clock Saturday night and I’m (thinking) can I leave my job here, I’m busy at work. Eight o’clock the next morning I’m on a flight out here,” he added.
With this weekend’s win, Robert MacIntyre earned a spot at this coming week’s Memorial Tournament.
Balionis asked if the MacIntyres would stay together for it, but Robert said his dad is headed home soon — and that he probably will be, too.
“I think me and my girlfriend might go home as well and just have a hell of a party because this is incredible,” he said.