Robert MacIntyre had a disappointing weekend at The Open, and his emotions bubbled over on the final day.
He looked like he was in with a chance of winning entering Saturday, but a two-over-par weekend ended his tournament early.
And to rub salt into the wounds, MacIntyre received a code of conduct warning for slamming his driver into the tee box on the 16th hole.
MacIntyre responded to this warning after his round and made a promise about his future behaviour.
Robert MacIntyre promises not to change after code of conduct warning
MacIntyre’s conduct this season has left much to be desired. He landed in hot water for flipping the bird at Augusta National at The Masters, and now has picked up a warning at The Open.
But despite these incidents, MacIntyre said he’ll never change. Speaking after his second round, he said, “Yeah, I’m going to do it for the rest of my career.
“I try and toe the line, but when you feel like – when you feel you’re playing a golf course that you can hit it pretty much anywhere and there’s no real punishment, and then you do hit one slightly off line and you get the biggest punishment you can possibly get, it’s just a sore one.
“Again, I’m going to react aggressively at times. Part of my DNA.”
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It’s been a disappointing major campaign for MacIntyre this year. He missed the cut at The Masters and the PGA Championship, and finished T39 at Shinnecock Hills at the US Open.
The wait goes on for his first major win, and MacIntyre reflected on that after his 2026 Open Championship came to an end.
He said that this Open Championship setup simply didn’t suit him, “Coming in this week I thought I had a real good chance. Even going out today, I thought I had a good chance. But the more I play that golf course, the more I realize that it’s not for — it doesn’t set up that well for me.
“There are certain holes that the longer hitters, the guys are probably cruising it at 184 ball speed are taking drivers on and there’s no punishment. I feel like that’s the way professional golf is going.
“I get we’re trying to get crowds in, but we’ve still got to have — links golf needs gorse bushes, and I’m watching everyone now, the longer hitters, bomb driver down 9. There’s one gorse bush down the left-hand side.
“You’re telling me — that hole reminds me of I think it’s 12 or something at Portrush, the dogleg left to right before the long par-5. I mean, it needs gorse bushes. Cam has hit a slightly wider one, but he knows it’s fine and then he’s pitched up to six feet and holed it.
“I feel like links golf courses are designed to be — it’s like you go and take the gorse bushes out at Troon on that one right by the railway — that’s what I feel is going to happen. That’s the way I feel the new designers are going. So yeah, it wasn’t to be my week. But always next year.”
If there was no punishment for missing the fairway, then there really isn’t much excuse for finishing two under par for the week. Ultimately, he simply didn’t play well enough.
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