Bob MacIntyre bemoans 'devastating' day as 76 sees him slip back in Masters

It felt more like Argyll in April than Augusta. “A little breeze from the North Pole today,” said the woman buggy driver, who was wearing sheepskin gloves and had her legs covered by a blanket, on the journey down from the plush Augusta National press building to watch Bob MacIntyre fly the Saltire in the third round of the 86th Masters.

On the back of two successive 73s, the Oban man had extended the run at the start of his career of making the cut in majors to eight out of eight. To put that into context, Rory McIlroy made five in a row when he was at the same stage, Phil Mickelson did the trick four times and Tiger Woods and Gary Player three.

It was just one for Jordan Spieth while Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Seve Ballesteros, Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia and Bubba Watson all missed the cut on their major debuts.

Despite his impressive run, most of which have come in the US, the Scot is still relatively unknown on this side of the Atlantic. “His name is MacIntyre - he must be from Scotland with a name like that,” said one patron as the left-hander departed the putting green en route to the first tee.

After play had finished on Friday, it looked a possibility that MacIntyre might find himself with Woods for company in the third round. As it turned out, the five-time winner was in the group behind as MacIntyre headed out with another former world No 1, Lee Westwood.

Having teed off just as Woods emerged from the clubhouse, MacIntyre opened with a great drive for the third day running. But, after seeing his second get caught by the wind and come up short, a bogey went down on the card as a 12-footer lipped out.

It quickly became apparent that his putter matched the temperature. A 10-foot birdie chance went