Robert McIntyre offers with heckling gambler at BMW PGA Championship

Rory McIlroy described the ultimate hour of the second spherical as a ‘shitshow.’

That time period will be utilized to different situations on the BMW PGA Championship too.

According to a report from Sports Illustrated, Robert MacIntyre, who will play within the Ryder Cup in two weeks, needed to take care of a heckling gambler halfway by way of his spherical.

“I was getting a bit of stick there coming up 17,” MacIntyre stated. “There’s obviously gambling going on in the game of golf nowadays, and some people ride a lot of money on it—and, unfortunately, he lost today.”

The Scotsman stated that the bettor had positioned a wager on Justin Rose and Matt Fitzpatrick to complete higher than he did.

The gambler misplaced, as MacIntyre shot a 3-under 69 Friday. Rose and Fitzpatrick carded rounds of 71 and 72, respectively.

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Elsewhere on the course, former Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn received right into a feud with a drunken fan. Little particulars are identified about this incident, however the 52-year-old Dane quieted issues shortly.

But as for MacIntyre, dwell playing in skilled golf has been a scorching matter of dialogue in latest weeks.

Last month, Max Homa needed to take care of a gambler late within the third spherical on the BMW Championship in Chicago.

“He was cheering and yelling at Chris [Kirk] for missing his putt short,” Homa stated after that spherical. “One of them had $3 for me to make mine, and I got to the back of my backstroke, and he yelled, ‘pull it’ pretty loud, and I made it right in the middle, and then I just started yelling at him, and then Joe [my caddy] yelled at him.”

Players have needed to take care of this all season, which Jon Rahm alluded to on the Tour Championship.

But points with playing followers lengthen far past the United States. Perhaps the PGA Tour and DP World Tours work collectively to resolve this downside as a result of it’ll solely worsen if not addressed quickly.

Jack Milko is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Playing Through. You can observe him on Twitter @jack_milko for extra golf protection. Be positive to take a look at @_PlayingThrough too.