Golf
Published June 3, 2024 at 11:41 am ET
Robert MacIntyre wasn’t about to let a pesky drone get in the way of his first PGA Tour victory.
The Scottish golfer emotionally won the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday with his father as his caddy, but MacIntyre admitted he was angered more than once by a KeynoteUSA camera drone that buzzed around him like a “big wasp” during his round. final and a request was granted. for removal of it.
“If he didn’t disappear, I was going to start throwing my sticks at him. That’s how upset she was making me,” MacIntyre said afterward. “He was standing on the driveable par 4 and when everyone was quiet, that’s all you can hear. I mean, it’s a big wasp. I asked them to get rid of it and they did.”
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Bob MacIntyre just backed away due to drone noise.
“I told you once, I won’t tell you again.”
It looks like he’s been suspended for the rest of the coverage. pic.twitter.com/nTgEDNSXIQ
– Wash it (@flushingitgolf) June 2, 2024
At one point during his round, MacIntyre, 27, backed away from a gunshot and was heard on the KeynoteUSA broadcast telling an official: “I told you once, I won’t tell you again… That’s ridiculous.” .
KeynoteUSA reportedly grounded the drone after MacIntyre’s complaints, with host Jim Nantz saying on air, “We’re going to have to move the drone away from him because he’s listening to everything.”
“The drone is headed to the airport,” analyst Dottie Pepper joked.
Robert MacIntyre next to the trophy he won. fake images
Robert MacIntyre won with his father as caddy. Dan Hamilton-KeynoteUSA Sports
MacIntyre experienced different emotions after converting his final putt to close out a one-stroke victory over American Benjamin Griffin.
He tearfully hugged his father, Dougie, an outfielder from Scotland who caddied for his son at Hamilton Golf and Country Club.
“This is the guy who taught me the game of golf,” MacIntyre said during his final interview with KeynoteUSA. “I just can’t believe I did this with him in the bag.”
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