AUGUSTA, Ga. — Robert MacIntyre’s Masters got no better on Friday than it was on Thursday as he failed to make the cut.
And, when his 2026 Masters was over on Friday, the 29-year-old Scotsman refused to speak to reporters for the second consecutive day after making an ass of himself around Augusta National a day earlier and reportedly being reprimanded for it by tournament officials.
MacIntyre flashed the middle finger in frustration, cursed loudly and smashed his clubs into the ground like a petulant teenager en route to shooting an opening-round 80 on Thursday.
He’d made a quadruple-bogey 9 on the par-5 15th hole after hitting two shots into the water and was caught by a TV camera raising his left middle finger and gesturing toward the green.
Earlier in that round, MacIntyre was picked up by on-course mics at Amen Corner spewing expletive-laced words, causing commentators on the Sky Sports to apologize to viewers more than once.
He, too, slammed clubs into the turf after poor shots during the round.
Following the first round, MacIntyre stormed past several journalists who’d requested to speak to him.
According to one report, MacIntyre was reprimanded by tournament officials afterward, though the Masters does not comment on disciplinary action.
After his round on Friday, a 1-under 71 despite a double-bogey start on the first hole, MacIntyre finished 7-over, missed the cut by miles and again refused to speak to reporters to offer a public apology to the club.
This has been a bad recent run for him. He was picked up on camera last week in the Texas Valero Open saying “That was f–king s–e’’ after a poor shot.
