Moment fuming Bob MacIntyre erupts amid Open frustration as Scot smacks bag and launches club in the air
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BOB MACINTYRE thumped his club into his bag in frustration at failing to get closer to runaway Open leader Scottie Scheffler.
But the Oban ace largely managed to keep his cool after carding a third round 70 to sit on six-under-par in his quest to improve on a joint sixth pace finish on his debut at Royal Portrush six years ago.
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Bob MacIntyre on the 14th hole
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He launched his club in frustration after his second shot
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He also hit his bag in frustration too
He said: 'I was a bit disappointed. I wasn't as sharp as I've been the past couple days.
'I also think it's fair game to lose the plot every now and again. I feel like we've made the wrong decision off the tee on 14, which then made the second shot really difficult as a left-handed golfer.
'The first job was to get out of the bunker, and I hit it over the top. I've lost the plot on both of these shots when a bit of anger came out.
'Then when I'm hitting that putt, I've got a clear head, got a job to do, to get this thing up-and-down.
'I find it easy just now. I find it easier in the bigger golf tournaments, the ones where birdies aren't happening all the time, when you can actually feel as though good golf gets rewarded.
'The tougher the test, the more I feel I can keep that discipline. The more there's a birdie fest and a shootout, that's when I lose it properly.'
He also revealed that he almost burst into tears when he learned he would start the third round five shots adrift of Scheffler.
He said: 'When I left here yesterday, I thought beautiful links golf works its magic, and I'm sitting on my couch almost in tears because I'm watching flags are limp and guys are spinning it on greens.
'I thought walking away from here last night that I wouldn't be more than three shots back, but I ended up five shots back from the best player in the world.
'You feel like you can still be in it if something happens, but you just feel that little bit too far back.
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'I don't know if that had an effect on what I felt. I was having to push a little bit more, and a couple of mistakes came in early on.
'Now tomorrow the aim is to go out there and finish as high as I can and get as many World Ranking and Ryder Cup points as possible.
'But unless I get off to a hot, hot start, it's probably out the window. If we don't get off to a hot start, it's going to be how high can we finish here.
'Unless I do have a hot start and I see myself close to the lead and within a few shots, then we'll throw at it. But seeing the leaderboard, it's just jogging for position.'
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