Bob MacIntyre hounded by irate golf fan as rowdy heckler gives him stick both barrels amid rising gambling issue

Bob MacIntyre was hounded by an irate punter as the Scot became the latest victim of the growing gambling issues at golf.

The Oban ace suffered the verbal hammering in the final stages of his second round at the BMW PGA Championship. MacIntyre took angry stick from an individual as he made his way up the penultimate Wentworth hole alongside Matt Fitzpatrick and Justin Rose. The 27-year-old was crudely made aware his performance in bettering the scores of his playing partners and Ryder Cup colleagues was costing the punter cash.

MacIntyre warned caddie Greg Milne to be on alert as the pair walked to the final tee in case of any further unruly and unwanted attention. Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy recently spoke out in the US after an incident involving Max Homa and MacIntyre, who posted 69 to beat Rose’s 71 and Fitzpatrick’s 72, explained: “I was getting a bit of stick coming up the 17th.

“There’s obviously gambling going on in the game of golf nowadays and some people ride a lot of money on it. And, unfortunately, he lost today!”

Pressed on whether the individual was letting him know he wanted him to be beaten by Fitzpatrick and Rose, he continued: “Aye, he did. And he told me the amount he had riding on it!

“I actually spoke about that to someone a few weeks ago, it might even have been Jon about the heckling on the PGA Tour. It’s all about gambling nowadays and I said to Greg walking to the 18th tee: Be switched on as this guy could throw anything at us here, so keep an eye on him and do your job.”

MacIntyre’s incident came after both Rahm and McIlroy spoke out about the growing problem following an incident at the BMW Championship in the United States. Two fans were thrown out for shouting at Homa as he putted during the