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Robert Duncan MacIntyre
Professional Golfer


Robert Duncan MacIntyre (born 3 August 1996) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and PGA Tour.

MacIntyre had a successful amateur career. In 2013 he won both the Scottish Youths Championship and the Scottish Boys Open Stroke-Play Championship. He won the Scottish Amateur in 2015 and in 2016 he lost 2&1 to Scott Gregory in the final of the Amateur Championship at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club. MacIntyre represented Scotland in the 2016 Eisenhower Trophy and played in the 2017 Walker Cup. He attended McNeese State University from 2014 to 2015.

McNeese State Universiity
2014-15 Season: Team's scoring leader with an average of 71.81 per round for the season... currently ranked No. 32 in the Region C poll and 132nd in Division I... has played in 13 tournaments and scored par or better in six of those... set a new school record and tied a Louisiana record with a 63 in the third round at the Arizona Intercollegiate on Jan. 27... that 63 set a new course record at the Sweailo Golf Club... scored sub-70 a total of eight times and par or better in 20 of his 37 rounds played... has one first place finish (tied for 1st) at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic with a 9-under 207... three other top 5 finishes and another four times where he finished 6-10th... finished 9th at the SLC Championships with an 8-over 224 even after scoring a season-worst 81 in the opening round (finished with 70-73).

MacIntyre turned professional in late 2017. In October, he played his first two events as a professional, on the MENA Golf Tour, finishing tied for third place in the Jordan's Ayla Golf Championship and then winning the Sahara Kuwait Championship.

In November 2017, MacIntyre made the final stage of the European Tour Q-school. He finished tied for 37th place to secure a 2018 Challenge Tour card. In August 2018, he lost to Kim Koivu in a playoff for the Vierumäki Finnish Challenge and then had an exceptional end to the season. He finished tied for fourth in the Monaghan Irish Challenge, lost a playoff to Víctor Perez in the Foshan Open and tied for 6th in the Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final. His good finish to the season lifted him to 12th in the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, to earn a place on the European Tour for 2019.

MacIntyre was a joint runner-up in the 2019 Betfred British Masters, helped by an eagle-birdie finish. Two weeks later he was runner-up in the Made in Denmark tournament, a stroke behind Bernd Wiesberger. In July 2019, MacIntyre made his Open Championship debut at Royal Portrush, finishing in a tie for sixth. On 14 October, MacIntyre became the leading Scot on the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time after finishing in a tie for fourth at the Italian Open. MacIntyre finished the season as the leading rookie on the Race to Dubai rankings (11th place) which earned him the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award.

In November 2020, MacIntyre claimed his first European Tour title at the Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown. With the final round cut to 19 players due to knockout format of the event; MacIntyre's final round 64 was good to seal the victory and beat Masahiro Kawamura by one shot.

In September 2022, MacIntyre won his second European Tour event at the DS Automobiles Italian Open. He shot a final-round 64 to join Matt Fitzpatrick in a playoff. He won the playoff on the first extra hole with a birdie.

In July 2023, MacIntyre shot a 64, including a birdie on the final hole, in the final round of the Genesis Scottish Open. He was eventually beaten by Rory McIlroy by one shot. In September, MacIntyre played on the European team in the 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Guidonia, Rome, Italy. The European team won 16.5–11.5 and MacIntyre went 2–0–1 including a win in his Sunday singles match against Wyndham Clark. At the end of the 2023 European Tour season, MacIntyre claimed one of the 10 available PGA Tour cards for the leading players on the Race to Dubai, giving him playing status for the 2024 season.

Bob MacIntyre Talks Ryder Cup, Genesis Scottish Open & PGA TOUR Win

After struggling early with only one top-10 finish in ten starts, MacIntyre finished T8 at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with playing partner, Thomas Detry. In May 2024, he finished tied for 8th at the PGA Championship, his first top-10 at a major since the 2021 Open Championship.

In June 2024, MacIntyre claimed his first PGA Tour win at the RBC Canadian Open. He shot a final round 68 to finish one shot ahead of Ben Griffin.

Robert MacIntyre’s winning highlights from RBC Canadian | 2024

One month later, MacIntyre won the Genesis Scottish Open with a birdie on the final hole to beat Adam Scott by one shot. With the win, MacIntyre became only the second Scot to win twice in one PGA Tour season, joining Sandy Lyle in 1988.

Robert MacIntyre's Final Round | 2024 Genesis Scottish Open

"If I ever had a shinty game, golf would take a back seat because I could play golf every other day of the week."

Robert MacIntyre had an incredible end to 2018, earning his European Tour card in November, before securing two top-15 finishes at elite level in December.

But it's only six years since he properly began to take golf seriously. Until then, the Scot's passion was for shinty, and he played for his local club, Oban Camanachd, between the ages of 13 and 17.

"One of my buddies broke his thumb and that made me realise that I couldn't afford to get a pin in my hand," he told BBC Scotland. "That was in one of my last shinty games before I decided to go all-out with this golf thing."

The "golf thing" has turned out pretty spectacularly so far for the son of a greenkeeper.

MacIntyre's father Dougie has worked at Glencruitten Golf Club in Oban for more than 20 years, and the family home looks out over the 12th tee.

The course is fantastically maintained by Dougie MacIntyre and the greenkeeping team. We are working hard to improve the drainage and continue to produce greens of the highest quality. By far the best in the Argyll and Bute area.

The course has a Par of 62 but don't let that fool you. It is one of the most challenging courses you will play. The topography and the changes in height between tees and greens mean that the numerous Par 3s are very tricky for both professionals and amateurs. There are some blind shots and local knowledge will make your life easier, meaning you will have to keep coming back to enjoy the challenge.

As the bench up at the 13th tee says "no matter what's happening with your round, sit down and rest a while and take in the glorious scenery we are lucky to have around"

During his younger days, MacIntyre and his two older sisters would "have a whack" on the four holes closest to the house after his dad finished work.

But he insists it is his years of playing shinty - rather than those formative experiences - that have shaped his current career.

"The hand-eye co-ordination in my golf has come from my shinty," he said. "I've been hitting a shinty ball since I could walk.

"I played up front a lot, so had a flat stick. Sometimes you had to play a ball about 20 yards in the air, so you had to open the stick up. It was just instinctive and the majority of my golf game is like that.

"Tee to green you've got to hit it good, and shinty encourages the motion of a golf swing."

Left-hander MacIntyre turned professional in 2017 and lists Scottish Amateur Champion in 2015 as one of his several accolades.

He was one of four Scots to have a successful enough 2018 season on the Challenge Tour to earn the "dream come true" of a European Tour card.

The step up started splendidly in December, finishing in the top 15 at the South African Open in Johannesburg and the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek.

On both occasions, he played a round in the company of four-time major winner Ernie Els.

"That night, I sat down and thought 'wow, look where we are now'," said MacIntyre. "It was a bit of a shock to the system for someone from a small town like Oban to finally achieve what I've achieved.

"It wasn't going to feel any different until I played with one of the big boys, and for me to hold my own was a real encouragement. I realised I could actually compete there.

"At the last hole in Jo'burg, Ernie just told me to keep doing what I'm doing. I couldn't of really asked for a better year, other than getting a win under my belt, but that'll come."


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