{"id":514051,"date":"2026-04-05T10:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T10:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/514051\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T10:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T10:39:12","slug":"bob-macintyre-smashes-golf-record-with-more-pre-masters-magic-in-texas-romp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/514051\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob MacIntyre smashes golf record with more pre Masters magic in Texas romp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scottish star raced clear of the pack at the PGA Tour event and set a new benchmark as he sizzled in the drizzle<\/p>\n

20:13, 03 Apr 2026Updated 08:41, 05 Apr 2026<\/p>\n

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Bob MacIntyre plays a shot on the eighth hole during the second round of the Valero Texas Open<\/p>\n

Blistering Bob MacIntyre<\/a> felt dynamite and right at home as he maintained a buoyant build-up to the Masters.<\/p>\n

The Scot scorched to a sizzling second-day 64 at the Valero Texas Open to carve a four-shot advantage at the tournament’s halfway mark.<\/p>\n

MacIntyre can complete the Texas job through 30 holes on Sunday after storms saw round three suspended after just six of his Saturday round.<\/p>\n

He starts the final day two ahead of Ludvig Aberg and has eyes on this PGA Tour prize before the 29-year-old will also go onto the first major of 2026 as a serious contender for the Green Jacket.<\/p>\n

MacIntyre\u2019s Friday morning blitz followed an opening 66 and led to him smashing the 36-hole record at the event previously held by Brian Harman and setting a new mark since the tournament moved to TPC San Antonio in 2010.<\/p>\n

The Oban ace has opted to play this week to get competitive juices flowing for Augusta<\/a> and it\u2019s paying off handsomely so far.<\/p>\n

MacIntyre is getting a double bonus as he gets hot heading to Georgia and explained after round two: \u201cI\u2019ve tweaked this this year. I didn\u2019t play last year, just went straight into Augusta. This was an adjustment for that reason.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to be sharp or sharper going into Augusta. I prefer playing my way in whether it\u2019s one, two, sometimes three events before a Major.\u201d<\/p>\n

MacIntyre rattled seven birdies and an eagle on Friday as he dazzled in the wind alongside playing partner Aberg<\/a>, his Ryder Cup<\/a> team-mate, and American hero Jordan Spieth.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI\u2019ve been driving the ball nice, got the new Titleist driver in the bag. It\u2019s very similar to my old driver, but just newer model. Better technology, I suppose.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, a big thing is to be able to shape the ball, especially when it gets windy. Two rounds in with it, so far so good.<\/p>\n

\u201cIron play was exceptional, I would say, other than a poor wedge shot on the 17th, I thought it was absolutely dynamite. Hitting the number, hitting the targets and you\u2019ve got to finish it off with good putting. So, overall, just really solid.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that I\u2019m kind of playing nicely. Starting on that back nine was nice. If you play well, you can build momentum. It was a good start and then a good finish.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bob MacIntyre of Scotland reacts on the eighth green<\/p>\n

MacIntyre is savouring the surroundings and conditions as, with the majority of the field staying at the hotel on the Oaks Course, he admitted it gives off the tight-knit feel of a DP World Tour event.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIt does. You\u2019re on site. You\u2019re passing everyone. Obviously, we\u2019ve got the car, so we can go out for dinner and stuff with my caddy, my coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it does somewhat feel a little bit different this week. Everyone\u2019s not in houses and you\u2019re not meeting everyone when you get to the course.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I enjoy the weather, that little bit of breeze. I enjoy coming here. This is my second time. It\u2019s a nice environment, nice people.\u201d<\/p>\n

MacIntyre and Aberg have fed off each other and the Scot said: \u201cYeah, we\u2019re good friends, obviously, from the Ryder Cup and stuff. We got on really well. It\u2019s good to play with good players and you can kind of build in a round.\u201d<\/p>\n

MacIntyre could look for omens as the past two winners of this event have been, like himself, left-handed in the shape of Akshay Bhatia and Harman.<\/p>\n

But he said: \u201cLook, I don\u2019t know. Obviously left-handers have done well in the past, but I\u2019m not worrying about that one bit. I just try and worry about myself, worry about warming up in the morning and getting after it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scottish star raced clear of the pack at the PGA Tour event and set a new benchmark as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[7509,5904,21973,52998,6547,101,55356,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-514051","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-bob-macintyre","9":"tag-golf","10":"tag-jordan-spieth","11":"tag-ludvig-aberg","12":"tag-ryder-cup","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-the-masters-golf","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}