Robert MacIntyre\u2019s memory of the Sony Open is set to serve him as a helpful reminder going forward in his career, but came at a steep cost in Hawaii.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old Scot told reporters at Waialae Country Club after shooting 63 in his final round of the year\u2019s first tournament that he snapped his putter Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cDoing that cost me a shot,\u201d he said, reflecting on a missed 3-foot putt on 18.<\/p>\n
It was more than one stroke, however, that cost MacIntyre a chance at his third career PGA Tour victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy attitude cost me this golf tournament, and can\u2019t be allowing that,\u201d said MacIntyre who finished 12 under for the tournament, four back of winner Chris Gotterup. \u201cYou got to be in the right position at the right time to a allow a round like today to finish off.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBig, big reminder for me that attitude has got to be right for 72 holes not just 36.\u201d<\/p>\n
The U.S. Open runner-up felt massive improvements were made Saturday and Sunday, pointing to 17 out of 18 greens hit in Round 3 and a bogey-free final round in Honolulu where he made seven birdies.<\/p>\n
\u201cFelt like I missed in the right spots off the tee to give myself chances and I putted beautifully,\u201d he said of the Sunday performance. <\/p>\n
His final thoughts were reflective on the bigger picture and what the 71 he shot Friday could mean for the rest of his 2026 on the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n
\u201cMassive reminder of attitude has to be spot on. Last year I felt like I done a great job of that,\u201d MacIntyre said. \u201cI think expectations first two rounds have kind of affected me with that, but, yeah, starting to manage it better. <\/p>\n
\u201cObviously nice when you\u2019re playing well. It\u2019s easier to manage. Something I really got to switch on for the rest of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robert MacIntyre\u2019s memory of the Sony Open is set to serve him as a helpful reminder going forward…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-418728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}