Robert MacIntyre’s likelihood to win first main suffers blow after delayed ruling

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Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre was left to rue a delayed ruling as his probabilities of claiming a primary main title suffered a big blow within the US PGA Championship.

MacIntyre was simply three photographs off the lead when he hit a wild second shot on the par-five seventh, his sixteenth gap, which ended up in a concessions space.

The Ryder Cup star then needed to get a second opinion about the place he wanted to drop his ball and, though he scrambled for an eventful par, dropped photographs on the eighth and ninth left him 5 photographs off Xander Schauffele’s lead.

“It was stable till the final two holes,” the left-hander stated after his 69.

“Took them 25 minutes to get a ruling and I’ve come out from the ruling and it’s pitch black. It’s simply actually irritated me. To complete the best way I completed is absolutely not good once I’m proper within the golf event.

“Now I’m sort of behind the eight ball attempting to combat again.

“I used to be simply looking for out the place my nearest level of aid if I dropped it and it was (in) informal water was, and the man didn’t know so we needed to get a second man.

“It simply took longer than it wanted to, and I simply misplaced all momentum. Hadn’t swung a golf membership in 25 minutes. In all probability two dangerous swings, the worst shot I’ve hit all week on the par-three eighth. I suppose we simply get on with it.

“I used to be in an incredible place. I’m nonetheless in a good place. However I’ve simply given two photographs to the sector. I used to be in a great place there, and yeah, simply sore to complete the best way I completed.”