Bob MacIntyre throws golf club as raging Scot has 'simple' explanation for Open fury
Blazing Bob MacIntyre erupted as crucial slips cost him vital ground on Open Saturday.
The Scottish star was left fuming twice on the same hole and a couple of moments of frustration boiled over.
MacIntyre hit the fairway on the par-four 14th hole just as he was looking to gain ground on the leaders down the third-round stretch.
However, the Oban star was left raging at his subsequent approach shot. He mishit the strike and bounced his club into the ground in anger and it slammed off the turf and up into the air before hitting the deck.
Playing his next shot from the greenside bunker, it rolled off the green at the other side after he couldn't hold the putting surface and that also brought a feisty response as he subsequently cracked his offending club into his bag in more frustration.
MacIntyre's fighting spirit is a key part of his make-up and he is not afraid to admit that he has moments of temper during play.
In the build-up to The Open, the Tartan hero left no-one in any doubt that it is important for him to let fly when he's annoyed and instantly move himself onto the next shot.
Speaking on Tuesday ahead of the tournament, he said: 'I'm fiery on the golf course when I'm in tournament rounds. I'll drop, I was going to say the odd, but a few bad words in there. I'll hit the bag. I'll say some harsh things, but that's what gets me going.
'If I walk around and I'm all happy I just made a double bogey or people are clapping, thanks very much, that's not me. I'm needing to smash something up. I want to rip a glove. I do something to get that anger out.
'It's better out than in for me. Some people it's better holding it, but for me it's get it out and then just do not let it affect the next shot. Simple.'
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