A birdie is an effective factor in golf, however flipping the hen shouldn’t be.
Nonetheless, that didn’t cease Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre from flashing his center finger after a very dangerous shot through the first spherical of the Masters on Thursday.
Whereas on the fifteenth inexperienced, two of MacIntyre’s golf balls ended up within the water, giving him a quadruple bogey 9 for the opening.
In the event you’re not conversant in the sport, a “quadruple bogey” is a rating of 4 strokes over par on any particular person gap. Belief us: It’s not good, particularly for professionals like 29-year-old MacIntyre.
Not surprisingly, he was a little bit miffed by his efficiency on the gap and reacted by flashing his center finger in frustration. (Watch the video right here.)
The Related Press famous that northern Georgia has had a dry spring, making among the greens at Augusta as “rock-hard” as “a concrete parking zone,” and inflicting balls to select up plenty of pace later within the day, affecting some gamers’ video games.
“I take again what I stated on Tuesday. I didn’t assume it was agency. Now it’s like a Saturday agency, I might say, for a Thursday, which isn’t regular,” MacIntyre stated.
The 2-time PGA Tour winner additionally received emotional on different holes, swearing on the twelfth and thirteenth holes and slamming his membership to the bottom on Gap 17.
Because of this, MacIntyre ended up with an 8-over par 80 and is unlikely to maneuver on after Friday’s spherical.
However getting emotional is an enormous a part of MacIntyre’s sport, he informed Golfweek final 12 months.
“If I stroll round and I’m all blissful, I simply made a double bogey or individuals are clapping, thanks very a lot, that’s not me. I’m needing to smash one thing up. I wish to rip a glove,” he stated.
MacIntyre was reportedly “reprimanded by Masters officers” on Friday however received’t face a high quality for his digit show, in response to GolfMagic.com.