BUMPY RYDE

Bob books New York trip despite BMW problems

- by RICHARD LEWIS

BOB MacINTYRE'S qualification for Europe’s Ryder Cup team offered him little immediate consolation after he blew a four-shot lead to lose the BMW Championship.

The Scot's hopes of victory in the penultimate FedEx Cup playoff event were eventually extinguished when world No.1 Scottie Scheffler chipped in for an unlikely birdie at the 17th to give himself a two-stroke lead going down the last.

A second-place finish not only moved MacIntyre into the world’s top 10 - he is now eighth - for the first time, but also left only Rory McIlroy ahead of him in Europe’s team standings.

That secured his place at Bethpage in New York next month to play in a second successive Ryder Cup, with McIlroy, Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood already qualified.

But he was furious walking off the Caves Valley course in Maryland.