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MacIntyre holds 4-shot lead
Manila Bulletin
|August 18, 2025
Robert MacIntyre ducked his head under the branches and climbed into a mess of bushes behind the fifth green without a golf club, first seeing if he could find his ball and then deciding if it was worth trying to play it.
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Through an opening he saw Scottie Scheffler waiting on him, a reminder of what he was up against Saturday in the BMW Championship.
He took on the shot and somehow made par with two tough putts from 70 feet. It was a big moment. But to Macintyre, all of them were big — the par saves, a few birdie chances he missed and the 40-foot birdie that ended a satisfying day.
This story is from the August 18, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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