Scottish sporting stars Robert MacIntyre and Andy Murray will group up for the BMW PGA Championship Celeb Professional-Am at Wentworth later this month.
Murray, a three-time Grand Slam champion and former world No 1, retired from tennis after the Paris Olympics this summer time on the age of 37.
He will likely be making his Celeb Professional-Am debut at Wentworth on the Wednesday, September 18 occasion that serves because the warm-up to the BMW PGA Championship that takes place from the Thursday, reside on Sky Sports activities.
Murray could have the right companion within the type of MacIntyre, who was a part of Europe’s victorious Ryder Cup group final yr and adopted that up with a primary PGA Tour win on the Canadian Open and additional success on the Scottish Open in 2024.
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Bob MacIntyre received his first Scottish Open title in entrance of family and friends and didn’t maintain again in the course of the celebrations!
MacIntyre mentioned of his Professional-Am companion: “Andy is a hero to so many individuals in Scotland – and the world over – and it is fairly thrilling to be enjoying alongside him in his BMW PGA Championship debut.
“He’s been absolutely dedicated to tennis during his incredible career, but it looks like he’s been playing plenty of golf since his retirement, so I’m looking forward to seeing if all that practice has paid off!”
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A have a look at 10 of Andy Murray’s biggest ever factors from the ATP Tour.
Murray will function within the Professional-Am alongside a bunch of different movie star names, together with footballers Gareth Bale, Jordan Pickford and Troy Deeney, cricketers James Anderson and Ollie Pope, TV star and comic Michael MacIntyre and Hollywood actor Tom Holland.
MacIntyre, in the meantime, kinds a part of a world-class subject for the BMW PGA Championship correct when that will get underway on Thursday, together with Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry, Matt Fitzpatrick and Justin Rose, with Ryan Fox returning to defend his title
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Highlights from the fourth and ultimate spherical of final yr’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth as New Zealand’s Ryan Fox emerged victorious.
Fellow former winners Luke Donald, Billy Horschel, Francesco Molinari and Danny Willett are additionally among the many subject, as is latest Omega European Masters winner Matt Wallace.
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The Sky Sports activities Golf Podcast have their say on whether or not they suppose Scottish Open champion Bob MacIntyre can win a significant.
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