We are just hours away from crowning the winner of the BMW PGA Championship, the final prep event for Team Europe ahead of the Ryder Cup.
All 12 players, along with captain Luke Donald, arrived at Wentworth on Thursday with high hopes and sharpened focus. But while fans eagerly await the leaderboard’s final shakeout, one name has already slipped from contention: Robert MacIntyre.
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The 29-year-old Scotsman, who made his Ryder Cup debut in 2023 was among 86 players who made the standard 36-hole cut. With 26 players tied at 2-under-par, the field ballooned beyond expectations.
That triggered a norm in the DP World Tour rulebook that says, if more than 84 players advance to the final round, a secondary cut is enforced to reduce the field to 78 on Sunday.
MacIntyre, sitting at 2-under, was one of 13 players, including Alex Fitzpatrick and Niklas Norgaard, who fell victim to the rule. Despite initially making the cut, he was eliminated before the final round due to this technicality.
🚨 | No final round golf for MacIntyre as he misses out on the top 78 cut.
Although he was good off the tee this week, the other parts of his game just weren’t at it.
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— Bob MacIntyre Tracker (@BobMacTrack) September 13, 2025
Though he still earned Race to Dubai points and prize money, the disqualification stung. MacIntyre, known for wearing his emotions on his sleeve, had already shown signs of frustration throughout the week.
On Friday, he launched a ball into a tree on the 13th hole and flung his club into the turf at No. 17. Saturday brought more tension, as he slammed his driver into the ground following a wayward tee shot on the sixth.
Seeing the same, former Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance didn’t hold back in his commentary.
“He got away with one there,” Torrance commented on Saturday while watching the Scotsman. “He made a bit of a mess on the tee. You almost have to see yourself on television doing something like that to see how silly it looks. Oh well, each to their own. He’s very fiery, a great competitor.”
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