{"id":435721,"date":"2025-07-10T03:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T03:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/?p=435721"},"modified":"2025-07-10T03:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T03:25:11","slug":"tail-between-my-legs-robert-macintyre-opens-up-about-regrettable-golf-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/tail-between-my-legs-robert-macintyre-opens-up-about-regrettable-golf-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTail Between My Legs\u201d \u2013 Robert MacIntyre Opens Up About Regrettable Golf Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robert MacIntyre<\/a> has revealed one of the rash decisions he made a few years ago that left him with regrets. The World No. 14 said at the 2025 Genesis Scottish Open pre-tournament press conference that he made a decision back in 2023, and it didn’t end well..<\/p>\n

McIntyre Reveals Wrong Decision He Took in 2023<\/h2>\n

MacIntyre had worked with English swing coach Simon Shanks for years. He played a key role in building his game, improving his swing, and helping him rise up the world rankings. But in mid-2023, MacIntyre decided to let Shanks go. At the time, MacIntyre believed he needed a change, as things didn\u2019t feel right. His results weren\u2019t meeting his expectations, and like many athletes under pressure, he thought switching things up might help.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have made one rash decision in the last, probably, four years, five years,” MacIntyre revealed<\/a>. “That was when I was changing coach. Obviously I was working with Simon. Change again. Done it two weeks and I remember Simon saying, \u2018I think you’re firing the wrong man.\u2019 It was a breaking up the line while we were saying and he thought I didn’t hear it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The following weeks proved difficult. MacIntyre tried to adjust without Shanks. His performances dipped. His confidence suffered. And in just two weeks, he realized that Simon played a bigger role than he had given him credit for, and he quickly moved to fix his mistake.<\/p>\n

\u201c…And I phoned him two weeks later with my tail between my legs saying, \u2018Simon, you’re right. Can I come back?\u2019 And here we are still working together.\u201d<\/p>\n

The reunion brought immediate results. MacIntyre\u2019s game improved. He climbed back into the world\u2019s top 20. He won the Canadian Open<\/a> and, most notably, triumphed at the 2024 Genesis Scottish Open in front of home fans. That win meant everything. And behind it stood the man he once fired.<\/p>\n

McIntyre Admits He Made a Rash Decision on Simon<\/h2>\n

As MacIntyre prepares to defend his title at the Renaissance Club, the 28-year-old admits the decision was rash but says he has to live with it.<\/p>\n

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Robert MacIntyre reacts to his play on the 11th hole during the third round of the Open Championship golf tournament at Royal Troon. Mandatory Credit: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThat was a rash decision,” MacIntyre added. \u201cBut in the long-term stuff, no. Everything’s between me, Stoddy, Dell, the whole team around me. We sat down, we think about it, we look at stats, everything’s-that side of it is calculated and we just try and go with a decision and live by it.\u201d<\/p>\n

McIntyre is one of the favourites to win the 2025 Genesis Scottish Open but faces a fight to retain his crown from other top players, including Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, and Xander Schauffele, who are all keen to win the tournament.<\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: \u00a9 Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robert MacIntyre has revealed one of the rash decisions he made a few years ago that left him with regrets. The World No. 14 said at the 2025 Genesis Scottish Open pre-tournament press conference that he made a decision back in 2023, and it didn’t end well.. McIntyre Reveals Wrong Decision He Took in 2023 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5425,"featured_media":435732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,19],"tags":[8143,8111,34],"class_list":["post-435721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","category-pga","tag-genesis-scottish-open","tag-robert-macintyre","tag-rory-mcilroy"],"modified_by":"Ajayi Segun","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435721"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435735,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435721\/revisions\/435735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}