Robert MacIntyre experienced all sorts of issues during his opening round at The Masters on Thursday.
MacIntyre posted a round of 80 on day one of The Masters, leaving himself 13 shots adrift of the first round leaders, Rory McIlroy and Sam Burns.
The Scot actually began his opening round at Augusta National in solid fashion, and was one-under-par through his first four holes.
However, disaster struck for MacIntyre on the 15th hole as he carded a quadruple bogey nine to end day one of The Masters at eight-over-par.
Augusta National is an unforgiving temptress, and the Scot found that out the hard way on Thursday.
MacIntyre’s behavior on day one of The Masters has been criticized, after he let his emotions get the better of him on numerous occasions.
So, will he bounce back on Friday, or will Augusta National get the better of him once again?
Rich Beem makes a Robert MacIntyre prediction after his opening round 80 at The Masters
2002 PGA Championship winner Rich Beem was surprised to see MacIntyre play so poorly during his first round at Augusta on Thursday.
Beem was commentating for Sky Sports in the UK and he made a prediction about the 29-year-old Scot immediately after he signed for a round of 80.
“I’m sure like many, he had high expectations coming into this tournament, as he should have,“ the American said.
“He’s been playing extremely well, but the smallest errors at Augusta National can be compounded very easily and very quickly as we’ve seen.
“He’s gonna grind it out, he’s not gonna go away. He’s gonna come out tomorrow, put up a good number and stick around for the weekend, you watch.”
That is quite the prediction from Beem.
Robert MacIntyre has his work cut out at The Masters
The cut is expected to be around the four-over-par mark, so it will take some seriously good golf from MacIntyre if he is to play over the weekend at Augusta National.
However, we do know that he is capable of producing some exceptional golf, and he will be trying his best to make the weekend.
The big problem for MacIntyre is that Augusta National is playing incredibly difficult right now.
There has been no rain in Augusta, Georgia, since March and, as a result, the fairways and greens are baked out.
The firmness of putting surfaces makes holding approach shots on them extremely challenging.
MacIntyre may well have to shoot a round of 68 on day two of The Masters in order to make the cut, like Rich Beem predicted he would do.
And if he manages to do just that, it will be a herculean effort from the man from Oban, Scotland.
