MacIntyre mostly went blow for blow against the world’s best player in the third round, shooting 68 to Scheffler’s 67, and by making a 41-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole, he gave himself a four-shot cushion heading into the penultimate Sunday of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Scottie Scheffler stormed from four shots behind to beat Robert MacIntyre at the BMW Championship. The Scotsman reacted.

MacIntyre has been on the wrong end of two of golf's most memorable shots of 2025, although Sunday at Caves Valley he had himself to blame for being in that position. After a first-round 62, he shot progressively worse in each remaining round, capping the weekend with a 73 and losing by two strokes to Scheffler.