ITALIAN OPEN

September 18, 2022

Robert MacIntyre

Marco Simone Golf & Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. You're the 2022 DS Automobiles D'Italia Champion. That was a dominant performance to say the least. Can you sum up what this win means to you?

ROBERT MacINTYRE: This means everything. I was down and out two or three months ago. I didn't know what I was doing. Didn't know where to go. But spoke to the right people and there's so much hard work gone into this, my caddie, family, friends, absolutely everyone, Scott, a few weeks ago, Scott Forsythe. My approach play has just gone up a notch and it's shown today.

Q. Could you hear the roars when Fitzpatrick almost make an albatross?

ROBERT MacINTYRE: I hit a terrible shot and was back against the wall, and again, just got a dogged attitude, never give up, if I get punched, I punch back. The birdies coming in were massive and thankfully I got in the playoff.

Q. Last year, came up short in making The Ryder Cup, but to be here, feeling the atmosphere, what sort of the statement does it feel for you to take a victory this week?

ROBERT MacINTYRE: It's my main goal, my only goal for the next year. I've done it on the golf course. Look, start of this week, I didn't think this was going to be -- the style of golf course we're playing and I was working on a few things Tuesday and Wednesday, was able to control my golf ball this week with wedges and irons and even the hybrid that went into the bag last week.