Scots rocker “owes Bob MacIntyre a tattoo” after losing bet

Twin Atlantic frontman Sam McTrusty has revealed he needs to get a Bob MacIntyre tattoo after losing a bet to the PGA Tour star.

Promoting the band’s new album ‘Meltdown’ on this week’s episode of The bunkered Podcast, McTrusty detailed how he and the world No.16 struck up a friendship after playing a round of golf together at Archerfield two years ago.

The golf-mad musician entertained MacIntyre with a story of how he came to get The Masters logo tattooed on his leg after Tiger Woods won at Augusta National in 2019.

“I was like, ‘Tell you what, if you ever win a major, I’ll get a Robert McIntyre tattoo,’” laughed McTrusty. “Just total chat, just being stupid.’ And then he played the Scottish Open not long after that and I said, ‘Listen, if you win this, I’ll get the tattoo, don’t worry.’

“It was just banter and my way of trying to, like, egg him on. Just encouraging him and being supportive in my own stupid way. Then he turned around and won the Scottish open and I was like, ‘Oh no.’ And, of course, he remembered about it.”

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True to his word, McTrusty plans on getting the ink done sooner rather than later.

“I’ve been putting some thought into it and I think what I’ll probably get is, like, a Tunnock’s teacake and I’ll disguise his name into like the wrapper or something like that,” he said.

“We’ll figure it out but I can’t have that hanging over me. I don’t want to be indebted to a legendary golfer from my home country.”

The ‘Stuck In A Car With You’ rocker relocated from Scotland to Canada last year and admitted it had made him emotional to see MacIntyre secure his maiden PGA Tour title in McTrusty’s adopted homeland back in June.

“Just obviously the circumstances of his dad being on bag duties for him. I think, globally, all golfers were pretty emotional about that. And then you throw in the fact that it’s a guy that I’ve made contact with from back home and play a bit of golf with, I’m always annoying him, like sending ‘good luck’ messages before big events.”

McTrusty also joked that he’s claiming some of the credit for MacIntyre making the breakthrough that week.

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“I was there when he teed off on the Thursday with a bunch of Canadian people, and I hadn’t really spoken to someone from back home in a few weeks. So, we had, like, a really quick exchange.

“I was on the beers and I followed him for the first nine holes and, honestly, I was going mental. I was making so much noise to the point that, when I went home and watched his front nine highlights, you can hear me in the background whistling and cheering and being, like, obnoxiously loud and Scottish and supportive about it, but it didn’t have a negative effect, did it?

“I was texting him afterwards, saying, ‘Do you want me to come to the first nine holes every tournament? Can we cut a deal here?’ So, I’m taking some credit. The golf mega-fan just wants me to be involved.”

• Listen to the full interview with Sam McTrusty on this week’s episode of The bunkered Podcast, available here and from all good podcast platforms.

Michael McEwan is the Deputy Editor of bunkered and has been part of the team since 2004. In that time, he has interviewed almost every major figure within the sport, from Jack Nicklaus, to Rory McIlroy, to Donald Trump. The host of the multi award-winning bunkered Podcast and a member of Balfron Golfing Society, Michael is the author of three books and is the 2023 PPA Scotland 'Writer of the Year' and 'Columnist of the Year'. Dislikes white belts, yellow balls and iron headcovers. Likes being drawn out of the media ballot to play Augusta National.

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