Robert MacIntyre

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Robert MacIntyre
Personal information
Full nameRobert Duncan MacIntyre
Born (1996-08-03) 3 August 1996 (age 27)
Oban, Scotland
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Career
College McNeese State University
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s) European Tour
PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Professional wins3
Highest ranking 42 (7 March 2021) [1]
(as of 14 April 2024)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T12: 2021
PGA Championship T49: 2021
U.S. Open T35: 2021
The Open Championship T6: 2019
Achievements and awards
Sir Henry Cotton
Rookie of the Year
2019
European Tour
Graduate of the Year
2019

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

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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

Source: [16]

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
18 Nov 2020 Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown −7 (64) [lower-alpha 1] 1 stroke Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Kawamura
218 Sep 2022 DS Automobiles Italian Open −14 (70-69-67-64=270)Playoff Flag of England.svg Matt Fitzpatrick

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

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

MENA Golf Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
118 Oct 2017 Sahara Kuwait Championship−14 (65-66-65=196)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Luke Joy

Playoff record

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2018 Vierumäki Finnish Challenge Flag of Finland.svg Kim Koivu Lost to birdie on first extra hole
22018 Foshan Open Flag of France.svg Victor Perez Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament20192020202120222023
Masters Tournament T12T23
PGA Championship T66T4977CUT
U.S. Open T56T35
The Open Championship T6NTT8T34T71
  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

Tournament2021202220232024
The Players Championship CUTCUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2019202020212022
Championship T42T61
Match Play NT1R16T35
Invitational T59T15
Champions T17NT1NT1NT1

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

See also

Notes

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

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