Robert MacIntyre bemoans “abysmal” putting after missing Masters cut

Robert MacIntyre was left to rue a cold week on the greens after seeing his latest Masters appearance end prematurely.

Heavily fancied to contend at the start of the week, the Scot had back-to-back 75s to finish six-over after two rounds and miss the cut at Augusta National for the first time.

It means there will be no Scottish representation over the weekend in the opening men’s major of 2025 – and for that, MacIntyre says, you can blame his putting.

“I just didn’t hole one putt,” said the 28-year-old. “I would say I holed one putt outside four feet for two days, which is abysmal.

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“Other than that, I feel like I’ve played pretty well for two days but I’m going up the road. I’m just disappointed.

“I was battling as hard as I could but if you can’t get the ball in the hole, you’ve got no chance.

MacIntyre has taken his game to a new level since his previous Masters appearance in 2023, winning twice on the PGA Tour and going unbeaten in Europe’s Ryder Cup victory in 2023.

However, whilst he has changed, so too has Augusta National, the course having been significantly altered in the wake of damage inflicted by Hurricane Helene last year.

That, said MacIntyre, also contributed to his early exit.

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“There’s a lot of new greens here,” he said. “Obviously with the hurricane, there’s a lot of newly-laid greens, and I was just struggling with pace sometimes, struggling with reading them. It just wasn’t my week.

“The putter has been hot the last wee while. It just didn’t turn up this week.

“I went for a training camp at Isleworth and the greens were a wee bit slower than I was expecting. I came here and the greens are different. If I was being picky, it wasn’t as good a prep as it was for Bay Hill.

“The greens at Isleworth before Bay Hill were concrete like glass, perfect for this. I went there last week, and they were slow and sluggish, like myself this week.”

Michael McEwan is bunkered's Head of Content and has been part of the team since 2004. In that time, he has interviewed almost every major figure within the sport, from Jack Nicklaus, to Rory McIlroy, to Donald Trump. The host of the multi award-winning bunkered Podcast and a member of Balfron Golfing Society, Michael is the author of three books and is the 2023 PPA Scotland 'Writer of the Year' and 'Columnist of the Year'. Dislikes white belts, yellow balls and iron headcovers. Likes being drawn out of the media ballot to play Augusta National.

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