Robert MacIntyre fumes at drones getting too close: "It drives me insane!"
The Scot has previously expressed his frustration with the sound caused by drones.
Robert MacIntyre fumed at drones "getting too close" after the opening round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
The defending champion was spoken to by a DP World Tour rules official after expressing his frustration at a camera operator during his round at Carnoustie on Thursday.
MacIntyre, ranked 19th in the world, finished with a 1-under-par 71 after dropping a shot at the par-4 9th, his final hole of the day.
The 30-year-old is no stranger to expressing his frustration with drones, having been distracted by the buzzing sound during the final round of the 2024 Canadian Open as he collected his maiden PGA Tour title.
"It drives me insane," he told BBC Sport.
"See, when they're staying still, it's fine. It's more the buffeting from the wind and it's trying to stay in position.
"It's like a revving of a car right where you're trying to hit. I struggle with it."
MacIntyre said he was distracted more than once during his opening round.
"I asked [the rules official] twice previous to the shot on the eight about the drone and then I step off the shot on eight.
"I'm just thinking about the drone and then, yeah, a bad shot.
"And then I step off my putt on the 18th because there's a drone there.
"I'm just trying to play golf, and I get the TV's everything - TV money - but, I mean, they don't need to be so close."
MacIntyre said he was subsequently spoken to by a tournament official after his comments to the camera operator.
"I was just asking him what's going on because they've obviously heard me swear a few times straight at the camera guy.
"We'll see what the tournament director’s got to say."
The Scot also said his opening score did not match the standard he knows he is capable of.
"It's just the way I'm playing golf this year, this today," he said.
"There's so much good in there, but then I walk off one under par and it's okay, but it's just not the level I want to be at.
"It's fine just now, I need to go away and fix it.
"The days I hit the ball well, I don't putt as well, and the days I hit it absolutely horrific, I putt the boots off it.
"It's just the way it is just now."
MacIntyre will play at Kingsbarns on Friday before completing the three-course rotation at St Andrews on Saturday.
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