Steady if unspectacular sums up golfer Robert MacIntyre’s bid for glory at the Sony Open in Hawaii.
A final round of -3 on Sunday saw the Glencruitten man secure a 53rd place finish in the second tournament of the USPGA season.
It was four days of ups and downs for the 28-year-old as he struggled to push himself into contention at the top end of the leaderboard.
In a tournament where scores of players were firing in low scores, two opening 68s, followed by an erratic 71, were never going to be enough to feature at the business end, with Bob finishing 10 shots off winner Nick Taylor.
But there was plenty to take away from the four days of play, with the Oban man ranking eighth off the tee, 28th for driving distance and tied eleventh for birdies scored.
In contrast, Bob will not have been happy to see his stats place him 74th for bogeys recorded, 74th on putting stats and 74th for scrambling, suggesting work will need done on his short game in the weeks ahead.
He will be hoping to get back to the polished performance he showed to finish 15th at the Plantation Course in Kapalua in the first PGA tournament of the year when he heads to the Middle East to play in a star-studded field at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic later this week.
It is a course where the Oban man has previously done well and he will be hoping a return to familiar surroundings can help back into title contention.
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