Robert MacIntyre’s Birdie Blitz Stuns BMW Championship Field
You know when a golfer just can’t miss? That was Robert MacIntyre in the opening round of the 2025 BMW Championship. The Scottish lefty didn’t just play well—he put on a show that had the rest of the field shaking their heads. After a steady start, he caught absolute fire on the back nine. Coming off a bogey at the 12th, most players might take a moment to settle. Not MacIntyre. Instead, he rattled off six straight birdies to close his round, including a precise approach on the 18th that left him just inside five feet. The putt dropped, the crowd roared, and his scorecard read an eight-under-par 62.
That 62 wasn’t just a personal highlight—it tied the lowest round of his PGA Tour career. When the day began, MacIntyre sat 20th in the FedEx Cup standings. By the time the sun was setting over Caves Valley Golf Club, he had vaulted into third place. More importantly, he had built a four-shot lead over world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Tommy Fleetwood. For a player looking to secure his spot in the Tour Championship and chase that massive FedEx Cup payday, it was the perfect tone-setter.
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And MacIntyre knew it. Speaking afterward, he admitted the last six holes were “probably as good as I’ve ever putted in a stretch of holes.” A mid-season coaching change at Pebble Beach had revitalized his putting stroke, and Thursday proved it. From long-range bombs to dead-center rolls inside ten feet, everything was falling. “When you get the eye on,” he said, “it’s free flowing, and it’s nice.”
Of course, it wasn’t all smooth sailing for everyone. Scheffler, who opened with a 66, had a brief taste of the lead before MacIntyre’s fireworks. He birdied three of his first four holes and closed with another three-birdie burst on 15, 16, and 18, but a pair of bogeys on the front nine kept him from keeping pace. Fleetwood matched Scheffler’s 4-under mark and will have his say in the coming days.
Viktor Hovland, Rickie Fowler, and Ben Griffin lurk at 3 under, while Rory McIlroy had an even-par 70. McIlroy’s round was a rollercoaster—three birdies, three bogeys, then a string of steady pars—but it leaves him eight shots adrift of his Ryder Cup teammate.
Throw in a mid-round weather delay that softened the course, and conditions were ripe for those willing to attack. MacIntyre seized that moment better than anyone, leaving fans wondering if this could be the week he turns a hot start into a wire-to-wire win. The BMW Championship still has three rounds to go, but right now, it’s Robert MacIntyre’s tournament to lose.
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