There is no shame in finishing second to the winning machine that is Scottie Scheffler, but after conceding a four-shot lead in the final round of the BMW Championship on Sunday night, Scotland’s Bob MacIntyre confessed to feeling “really p----- off”.

“Right now, I just want to go and smash up my golf clubs,” he added.

MacIntyre, 29, had expected so much more than a three-over 73 that dragged him back to 13 under. That allowed Scheffler to win by two after he compiled a 67, including a sumptuous chip-in birdie on 17 that all but sealed MacIntyre’s fate.

It was the world No 1’s fifth win of the season, a haul which, of course, includes two majors. Scheffler strides into the final event of the PGA Tour’s 2025 campaign – the Tour Championship that begins in Atlanta on Thursday – the overwh

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