Robert MacIntyre

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

This article is about the Scottish professional golfer. For the Scottish architect, see Robert Macintyre. For the Scottish politician, see Robert McIntyre (politician).
For other people named Robert, Bob or Rob McIntyre, see Robert McIntyre.

Robert MacIntyre
Personal information
Full nameRobert Duncan MacIntyre
Born (1996-08-03) 3 August 1996
Oban, Scotland
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sporting nationality Scotland
Career
CollegeMcNeese State University
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
Professional wins3
Highest ranking42 (7 March 2021)[1]
(as of 22 October 2023)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT12: 2021
PGA ChampionshipT49: 2021
U.S. OpenT35: 2021
The Open ChampionshipT6: 2019
Achievements and awards
Sir Henry Cotton
Rookie of the Year		2019
European Tour
Graduate of the Year		2019

Amateur career

MacIntyre had a successful amateur career. In 2013 he won both the Scottish Youths Championship and the Scottish Boys Open Stroke-Play Championship.[2] 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.[3][4] MacIntyre represented Scotland in the 2016 Eisenhower Trophy and played in the 2017 Walker Cup.[2] He attended McNeese State University from 2014 to 2015.[5][6]

Professional career

MacIntyre turned professional in late 2017.[4] 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.[2]

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.[2] 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.[7] Two weeks later he was runner-up in the Made in Denmark tournament, a stroke behind Bernd Wiesberger.[8] In July 2019, MacIntyre made his Open Championship debut at Royal Portrush, finishing in a tie for sixth.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11]

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.[12]

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.[13]

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.[14]

In September 2023, 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.

Personal life

MacIntyre played shinty as a teenager for Oban Camanachd.[3]

His cousins Oscar MacIntyre and Jacob MacIntyre are professional footballers.[15]

Amateur wins
  • 2011 SGU Junior Tour Event 2
  • 2013 Scottish Youths Stroke Play, Scottish Boys Open Stroke Play
  • 2014 Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters
  • 2015 Sam Hall Intercollegiate, Scottish Amateur, Wyoming Cowboy Classic (tied)
  • 2016 Scottish Champion of Champions

Source:[16]

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 8 Nov 2020 Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown −7 (64)[lower-alpha 1] 1 stroke Japan Masahiro Kawamura
2 18 Sep 2022 DS Automobiles Italian Open −14 (70-69-67-64=270) Playoff England Matt Fitzpatrick

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2022 DS Automobiles Italian Open England Matt Fitzpatrick Won with birdie on first extra hole

MENA Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 18 Oct 2017 Sahara Kuwait Championship −14 (65-66-65=196) 2 strokes England Luke Joy

Playoff record

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2018 Vierumäki Finnish Challenge Finland Kim Koivu Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2018 Foshan Open France Victor Perez Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 20192020202120222023
Masters Tournament T12 T23
PGA Championship T66 T49 77 CUT
U.S. Open T56 T35
The Open Championship T6 NT T8 T34 T71
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship
Tournament 2021
The Players Championship CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament2019202020212022
Championship T42 T61
Match Play NT1 R16 T35
Invitational T59 T15
Champions T17 NT1 NT1 NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Top 10
  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

  • Hero Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2023

See also

Notes
  1. Earlier round scores: 65-68-67.

References
  1. "Week 10 2021 Ending 7 Mar 2021" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  2. "Robert MacIntyre". Bounce Sports. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. "Robert MacIntyre: The golfer who attributes his success to shinty". BBC Sport. 13 January 2019.
  4. "MacIntyre Joins Pro Ranks". Scottish Golf. 2 October 2017.
  5. "McNeese State - Bob MacIntyre - 2015-16 Men's Golf - McNeese State University". mcneesesports.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  6. "Robert MacIntyre quits US scholarship after fall-out with coach". The Scotsman. 14 November 2015.
  7. "Cool Kinhult Clinches Dramatic British Masters Victory". European Tour. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  8. "Robert MacIntyre finishes second at Made In Denmark". BBC Sport. 26 May 2019.
  9. McEwan, Michael (21 July 2019). "Robert MacIntyre: This is a dream come true". bunkered. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  10. McEwan, Michael (14 October 2019). "How Robert MacIntyre is closing in on Scottish golf history". bunkered. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  11. "MacIntyre takes rookie glory in Dubai". European Tour. 24 November 2019.
  12. "Big finish sends MacIntyre soaring to maiden victory". European Tour. 8 November 2020.
  13. "Robert MacIntyre secures Italian Open title after play-off victory vs Matt Fitzpatrick in DP World Tour event". Sky Sports. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  14. "Rory McIlroy snatches dramatic one shot victory over Robert MacIntyre". Sky Sports. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  15. Wales, Peter (22 December 2022). "Hibs brothers Jacob and Oscar MacIntyre speak on first-team hopes, rejection, and family influence". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  16. "Robert MacIntyre". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
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