Robert MacIntyre is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on both the PGA Tour and DP World Tour. Get to know MacIntyre a little bit better with these facts regarding his life and career in the game so far…
ROBERT MACINTYRE FACTS
1. Robert Duncan MacIntyre was born on August 3, 1996 in Oban, Scotland.
2. He had a successful amateur career in Scotland before going to the United States to attend McNeese State University in Louisiana. While at college, MacIntyre was the South Conference freshman of the year and he led the team in scoring average.
3. He has a passion for shinty and played for his local club Oban Camanachd between the ages of 13 and 17.
4. In fact, MacIntyre attributes his golf success to the game of shinty. "The hand-eye coordination in my golf has come from my shinty," he said. "I've been hitting a shinty ball since I could walk. It was just instinctive and the majority of my golf game is like that. Tee to green you've got to hit it good, and shinty encourages the motion of a golf swing."
5. In 2013, he became the first player to win the Scottish Youths Championship and Scottish Boys Open Stroke-Play Championship in the same year, before winning the Scottish Amateur two years later. However, he lost to Scott Gregory in the final of the 2016 Amateur Championship.
6. It was at the age of 16 or 17 that MacIntyre decided to focus on golf full-time and pursue a career in the professional ranks.
7. In 2017, MacIntyre shot 79 in his first round as a pro at the Jordan's Ayla Golf Championship, and then in the third round of the tournament, he broke the course record. He missed out on a play-off by one stroke. In his very next start, he won the MENA Tour's Sahara Kuwait Championship.
8. At the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush, he fell out with American Kyle Stanley after an errant shot hit a spectator which was the mother of MacIntyre's caddie at the time.
9. After finishing second at the British Masters in 2019, MacIntyre bought his mum a new kitchen.
10. He represented Great Britain and Ireland at the 2017 Walker Cup and smashed PGA Tour star Cameron Champ 6&4 in one of the singles sessions.
11. MacIntyre lives by Glencruitten Golf Club in Oban, Scotland where his dad, Dougie, is the greenkeeper.
12. His mother and father are long-time foster parents. His cousins Oscar and Jacob MacIntyre are professional footballers.
13. MacIntyre is dating Shannon Hartley as of 2024. Hartley supported MacIntyre in Italy during the 2023 Ryder Cup.
14. His best finish at a Major was T6th at the 2019 Open Championship.
15. MacIntyre made his Ryder Cup debut at the 2023 contest, securing 2.5 points from three matches as Europe retained the trophy.
16. Growing up, fellow left-hander Phil Mickelson was his golfing idol.
17. He has a full bag of TaylorMade clubs in his equipment set-up. He is also sponsored by Nike and Titleist.
18. After a strong 2023 season, Macintyre earned his PGA Tour card for 2024 after finishing in seventh in the season-long DP World Tour standings.
19. He has five professional wins, including three on the DP World Tour and one on the PGA Tour.
20. MacIntyre's debut PGA Tour success arrived at the 2024 RBC Canadian Open. After a recent caddie change, the Scot won the event with his dad, Dougie on the bag.
21. His second victory of 2024 took place at the Scottish Open where he made up for a narrow defeat by Rory McIlroy a year prior by recording his own one-shot triumph over Adam Scott. The tournament was co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour and PGA Tour.
22. MacIntyre has earned over $8 million in prize money throughout his career on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.
