Robert MacIntyre may face reprimand following middle-finger gesture at Masters
A rough performance in Thursday's Round 1 led MacIntyre to letting his frustrations show via hand gesture.
Robert MacIntyre may face reprimand following middle-finger gesture at Masters originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . During Thursday's first round of the 2026 Masters where he struggled, falling behind on the leaderboard, Robert MacIntyre was caught by cameras making a middle finger gesture during his worst hole of the day.
MacIntyre had a triple-bogey on Hole 15, then quickly made the gesture toward the green after hitting his approach into the pond. The Scottish golfer now "could face disciplinary action" from the Masters for his action, per ESPN, after letting his frustrations show on Thursday. Here's a look at MacIntyre's middle-finger gesture on Hole 15 and the latest on whether he'll be disciplined by the Masters.
SN's MASTERS HQ: Live Masters leaderboard | Masters TV coverage | Live streaming Robert MacIntyre middle-finger gesture The first round of the Masters did not treat MacIntyre kindly. He started the day well with a birdie on Hole 3, but by the time he reached the 15th hole, he was sitting at 3-over par due to a bogey on Hole 6 and double-bogey on Hole 9. It was at that 15th hole, though, that MacIntyre seemed to have enough of his rough performance.
After hitting his ball into the water, he stuck out his middle finger toward the greens, which was caught by Masters broadcast cameras. 🖕🤬👀 #LOOK — Robert Macintyre was FURIOUS after dunking one in the water with his approach shot on 15 pic. twitter.