Robert MacIntyre opens up on dramatic Ryder Cup victory: "I thought the world was ending"
Robert MacIntyre has opened up on the abuse he received during the 2025 Ryder Cup.
Robert MacIntyre has claimed the abuse he received during the 2025 Ryder Cup affected his performance.
The Scot made his second appearance in the biennial contest against the United States last September at Bethpage Black.
MacIntyre, 29, contributed 1.5 points in Europe's nail-biting 15-13 win in the Big Apple.
Victory was all the more impressive for the blue and gold given they had to overcome some of the worst crowd behaviour ever witnessed in the three-day showpiece.
Masters champion Rory McIlroy was the primary target, though MacIntyre also received his fair share of insults.
"Yeah, it was difficult," MacIntyre told GOLF. "There were a lot of personal things getting shouted."
MacIntyre endured a tough start to the 2025 Ryder Cup.
The Oban man and Norway's Viktor Hovland were defeated by Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay in their opening foursomes match.
"I think on the Friday, I let it affect me a little bit, and then I used some things from past experiences to help me on Saturday," MacIntyre said.
The duo rebounded with a tense victory over Scottie Scheffler and Russell Henley.
He added: "On Sunday, it was just about, how do we win the Ryder Cup? In the end, we needed the one point because of Viktor’s injury.
"So I was like, well, my point is, my half point now is becoming really important, and that’s what the guys said to me walking up 17 when I was one down, it was like, 'we need your half point or a point'.
"We just wanted to win the Ryder Cup and we done the job."
Player | Points | Matches | Overall | Singles | Foursomes | Fourballs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ludvig Åberg | 2 | 4 | 2–2–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–1–0 |
Matt Fitzpatrick | 2.5 | 4 | 2–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 1–1–0 | 1–0–0 |
Tommy Fleetwood | 4 | 5 | 4–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 2–0–0 |
Tyrrell Hatton | 3.5 | 4 | 3–0–1 | 0–0–1 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 |
Rasmus Højgaard | 0 | 2 | 0–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–1–0 |
Viktor Hovland | 1.5 | 2† | 1–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 1–1–0 | 0–0–0 |
Shane Lowry | 2 | 3 | 1–0–2 | 0–0–1 | 0–0–0 | 1–0–1 |
Robert MacIntyre | 1.5 | 3 | 1–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 1–1–0 | 0–0–0 |
Rory McIlroy | 3.5 | 5 | 3–1–1 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–1 |
Jon Rahm | 3 | 5 | 3–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
Justin Rose | 2 | 3 | 2–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–0–0 |
Sepp Straka | 1 | 3 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–1–0 |
Keegan Bradley's USA almost mounted an improbable comeback on the final day.
They trailed by seven points heading into the Sunday singles and many believed the biggest question was how just big Europe's winning margin would be.
But three out of the opening four matches went to the red, white and blue.
In the end, Ludvig Aberg's point against Patrick Cantlay and crucial halves from Shane Lowry, Tyrrell Hatton and MacIntyre were enough to see Europe limp over the line.
"I mean, I thought the world was ending on Sunday," added MacIntyre. "I won’t lie.
“I thought we were going to lose the Ryder Cup, because it was just everything that could go wrong was going wrong.
"Every game that went up 18 went the wrong way."
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