OMEGA DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC

January 31, 2021

Robert MacIntyre

Emirates Golf Club

Quick Quotes

Q Obviously not the victory you were hoping for but you battled all the way the to end. Give us your reflections on the day?

ROBERT MacINTYRE: That's what I do, I fight till the end. It was the start I was looking for. I thought, here we go. Sometimes it doesn't go for you, and today was one of them days.

Q How valuable are experiences like this though in your development as a player?

ROBERT MacINTYRE: Yeah, not right now, it's not learning anything, but when I go away, I'll learn a lot. But I felt like I gave one away there today.

Q Third-place finish does win you a lot of World Ranking points and as far as I can see with obviously the projections and the way things might go in America this evening, you will be in the Top-50 in the world, potentially; therefore, invitation to the WGC México, THE PLAYERS Championship and your first Masters. How excited about that?

ROBERT MacINTYRE: It would be unbelievable, but again, it's not done till the 25th of March and I have a lot to do. I just have to keep giving myself chances. Like today, if I keep giving myself these chances, then I'm going to bundle over the line again at some point.

Q A word for Paul Casey today?

ROBERT MacINTYRE: He was brilliant. Again, he stuck to his own game. He played great. He controlled himself. I've just got to look up to that and see what I can get to.