Robert MacIntyre was happy with his mum Carol after her emergency actions comforted a stricken spectator at Wentworth.
The Oban ace was near a harrowing incident which halted day one play on the BMW PGA Championship for 25 minutes.
MacIntyre and taking part in companions Graeme McDowell and Alex Noren had been halted by anxious officers on their very first inexperienced after a gentleman collapsed and lay prostrate simply yards away.
Match chiefs instantly understood the seriousness of the scenario and urgently known as for medical employees to hurry to the scene.
Earlier than the ambulance crews arrived, it was MacIntyre’s mom who reacted immediately to cradle and take care of the person who had misplaced consciousness.
She continued to consolation and funky the person earlier than he was taken to close by St Peter’s Hospital in an ambulance which sped off the grounds under the second inexperienced with a police bike escort because the Scot appeared down from the placing floor.
MacIntyre wasn’t stunned to see his mum rush to assist and mentioned: “That’s the way in which I’ve been introduced up. If I used to be in that place, I’d have been there attempting to assist. Hopefully the man is alright.
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“I may see it was her cradling the man.
“She is aware of what she’s doing. She’s carried out nursing stuff. She’s a jack of all trades.
“She’s cared for therefore many older folks and, yip, she would have carried out that for her worst enemy if it got here to it. She’s a type of folks.
“As quickly because it occurred, I noticed her there. However, fortunately, folks gave them time and house and revered what was occurring and we additionally did that.
“Generally I get on at her for doing an excessive amount of for folks, however, in a scenario like that, if somebody is readily available, then nice.
“She’s not a health care provider or can diagnose one thing right away, however she is aware of the fundamentals and she or he knew to chill the man down.
“I used to be watching what she was doing, however there have been extra folks than simply her there to assist. She’s some machine is Carol Mac.
“It wasn’t good, however we took our time and let everybody take care of what was there. I feel one other girl went down on the opposite aspect.
“I noticed the ambulance speeding away after we had been on the second inexperienced.”
MacIntyre made a birdie on that second inexperienced after the ambulance departed, however instantly bogeyed the third and was left nearly speechless at carding a two-over-par 74.
The Scot must win at Wentworth to qualify for the Ryder Cup and was partnered alongside vice-captain Graeme McDowell, nevertheless it simply didn’t occur on day one.
MacIntyre mentioned: “I’ve simply not obtained it simply now. Golf is thrashing me up in the intervening time, however I’ll get my time to beat it up quickly.
“It sums up the way in which I'm taking part in. Fifteen greens in regulation, I’m placing superbly and I’m two-over par.
“I’m hitting it far too distant from holes. I can’t say the phrase to explain it simply now.
“I’m taking part in good. I’ve obtained management of the ball. I hit one dangerous tee shot on the seventeenth. I’m simply not hitting it shut sufficient and it’s driving me insane.
“Even on the final. I’ve hit tee-shot. Two-iron in my hand and I've wiped it left. It’s the way in which the course is ready up. You'll be able to’t assure the contact on the ball .
“It was excessive within the tough and I've the excessive toes in there for a motive. So I don’t go beneath it and I clipped the highest groove. It’s what makes it such course.
“I simply need to be combating for tournaments and simply now I’m combating to make cuts and that’s not the place I need to be.
"I need to be in there come Sunday and now it’s simply no enjoyable.”