A birdie is a good thing in golf, but flipping the bird is not.
Still, that didn’t stop Scot Robert MacIntyre from flashing his middle finger on Thursday after a particularly bad shot during the first round of the Masters.
While two of MacIntyre’s golf balls landed in the water on the 15th green, give him a quadruple bogey nine for the hole.
If you don’t know the game, a “quadruple bogey” is a score of four strokes above par on each individual hole. Trust us, it’s not good, especially for professionals like 29-year-old MacIntyre.
Not surprisingly, he was a little miffed by his performance at the hole and responded by flashing his middle finger in frustration. (Watch the video here.)
The Associated Press noted that North Georgia has had a dry spring, leaving some greens at Augusta as “rock hard” as “a concrete parking lot,” making the balls much faster later in the day, affecting some players’ play.
“I take back what I said on Tuesday. I didn’t think it was solid. Now it’s like a Saturday firm, I would say, for a Thursday, which is not normal,” MacIntyre said.
The two-time PGA Tour winner also became emotional on other holes, swearing on the 12th and 13th holes and slamming his club into the ground on the 17th hole.
As a result, MacIntyre finished with an 8-over par 80 and is unlikely to continue after Friday’s round.
But getting emotional is a big part of MacIntyre’s game. he told Golfweek last year.
“If I’m walking around and I’m all happy, I just made a double bogey or people are clapping, thank you very much, that’s not me. I need to break something. I want to rip a glove,” he said.
MacIntyre was reportedly “reprimanded by Masters officials” on Friday but will not be fined for his grade display. according to GolfMagic.com.
