OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Robert MacIntyre was up to the test of facing the No. 1 player in the world Saturday, holing a collection of big par putts and then delivering a 40-foot birdie on the final hole for a 2-under 68 and a four-shot lead over Scottie Scheffler in the BMW Championship.

Scheffler picked up one stroke on the five-shot deficit he faced at the start of the steamy afternoon at Caves Valley. He never got closer than three shots.

MacIntyre, the lefty from Scotland, got out of several jams, none bigger than the short fifth hole when he drove over a hazard line into the bushes. He decided to hack out, and it shot some 70 feet away for a putt straight down a series of ridges.

He two-putted for par, making an 8-footer, one example of his grit before a large gallery that favored

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