A surreal day at the PGA Championship had a surreal end, with a drop for Robert MacIntyre taking almost 25 minutes and ultimately causing the second round to be postponed.
The Scot was part of one of the last groups left on the Valhalla Course on Friday evening, as light began to fade in Louisville.
Having teed off on the 10th, MacIntyre and co. would go out on the front nine. At the par-five 7th hole, MacIntyre ran into trouble.
The extraordinary resolution would ultimately see the conclusion of round two delayed until Saturday.
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Robert MacIntyre's woes caused PGA Championship to be delayed
With his second shot on the 7th hole (the 16th of his round), Robert MacIntyre went way off course and into a fan enclosure.
After a thorough search, the ball was eventually located near a concessions stand. A lengthy debate with tournament officials then played out to determine where the nearest relief point would be if MacIntyre was to take a drop shot.
Eventually, MacIntyre took his shot from a hospitality area - and, remarkably, saved par. A thorough breakdown of the incident was shown by Sky Sports earlier today.
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All-in-all, the delay in sorting out Robert MacIntyre's drop shot took 25 minutes, with the groups behind forced to wait as the Scot attempted to play his way out of trouble.
With light rapidly fading, play was ultimately halted at 8:41pm local time, with the remainder of round two completed on Saturday.
Unfortunately for Robert MacIntyre, he would go on to drop two shots in his final two holes to leave him five shots behind leader Xander Schauffele.
Speaking after his round, MacIntyre said he felt the delay had killed his momentum and robbed him of the opportunity to go into the weekend just three shots behind the leader.
I was just trying to find out where my nearest point of relief if I dropped it and it was casual water and I just needed to know where my nearest point of relief was. The guy didn't know so we had to get a second guy.
It just took longer than it needed to, and I just lost all momentum. Hadn't swung a golf club in 25 minutes. Probably two bad swings, the worst shot I've hit all week on the par-3 eighth. I suppose we just get on with it.
I was in a great position. I'm still in a decent position. But I've just given two shots to the field. I was in a good spot there, and yeah, just sore to finish the way I finished.
It speaks volumes of what a strange tournament it has been thus far that the MacIntyre-enforced delay is not the most unusual thing that has happened at Valhalla thus far.
Friday's action was thoroughly overshadowed by the scarcely believable morning endured by Scottie Scheffler, who was detained after an incident at a traffic stop outside the course. Remarkably, Scheffler went on to shoot a 66 on Friday after being released, to sit just three shots off the lead.
Robert MacIntyre will get his third round underway at 5:56pm Irish time on Saturday, alongside Matt Wallace and Hideki Matsuyama.
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