Robert MacIntyre's caddie stepped in to stop him breaking all of his golf clubs

Robert MacIntyre reveals his caddie took away his golf clubs after hearing he wanted to "smash them up" after his tough defeat to Scottie Scheffler on the PGA Tour.

Andy Roberts

Updated: 22 Aug 2025

Robert MacIntyre has told reporters how his caddie Mike Burrows stepped in to prevent him from "smashing up" all of his clubs following the final round of the BMW Championship last Sunday.

MacIntyre, 29, took a commanding four-shot lead into the final round of the BMW Championship only to close with a lacklustre 73 to finish two shots behind World No.1 Scottie Scheffler, who captured his fifth title of the season.

A frustrated MacIntyre said after the tournament: "Right now I want to go and smash up my golf clubs to be honest with you."

Fast forward four days and the two-time PGA Tour winner dusted himself down with a steady 64 to lie tied third and three shots behind Russell Henley on day one at the Tour Championship, which determines the winner of the season-long FedEx Cup.

He was asked by one reporter after Thursday's first round of the Tour Championship whether his golf clubs, consisting of a mix of Titleist and TaylorMade clubs, had survived the journey to East Lake.

"The caddie took them away before I got a hold of them," admitted MacIntyre, who has still yet to fully reflect on why it went so wrong for him in the final round of the BMW Championship.

"No, they were safe. It was one of them days. There's a lot that I'm going to learn from that day, from the way I handled myself, as in interacting with the crowd.

"I have not done a debrief enough. I had a talk with the guys out here on my team, four of us, me, my caddie, Mike Kanski, my putting coach, my manager.

"Had a half hour, 40-minute chat in the house on Monday. I didn't do anything Monday, so we done a little chat.

"But I'll do a full debrief of what happened on Sunday."