Robert MacIntyre reveals what he said to rules official after getting annoyed during final round at the Canadian Open

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Robert MacIntyre might have got over the line at the Canadian Open yesterday but he was far from happy at everything.

The Scot ended up winning by a single shot to snatch his first victory on the PGA Tour but it wasn’t without a bit of controversy through the round.

MacIntyre was seen getting increasingly annoyed through his final round as he became bothered by one of the CBS drones above him.

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In the end, MacIntyre had to consult the rules officials to get the drone removed as he became increasingly annoyed.

And chatting to the media afterwards, MacIntyre explained what he’d had to say to the officials.

Robert MacIntyre explains why he was so annoyed with the drones at the Canadian Open

Speaking about the drone, MacIntyre admitted he was far from impressed with what was happening.

“If it didn’t go away I was going to start throwing my clubs at it, that’s how annoyed I was getting! I was standing on the drivable par four and when everyone is silent all you can hear is, it’s like a big wasp,” MacIntyre said.

“Next hole I’m in the bunker and sure enough all I hear is this buzzing again. I look up and there it is. One of the guys must have been getting sick of me, because I knew he was the man to go to when the drone started annoying me.

“He just radioed get this drone out of here and I stood on the ninth fairway, wedge shot in, and sure enough all I could hear was this drone again.

“I had had enough at this point so rules official from the RNA was with us, I brought her over and I said ‘look, this drone needs to get out of here, I have said it three times now, this drone is annoying me, it’s putting me off, it’s too close’.

“I had a job to do and anything in my way was getting told to get out the way. That’s the way I was focused today. And that drone was doing my head in, so I told it to get out my way.”

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In the end, it mattered little as MacIntyre held on and secured the win.

However, had he lost, then there’d have been quite the inquest and it will be interesting to see if the same sort of drones are used in future events.