Robert MacIntyre has watched Scottie Scheffler up close and personal on numerous occasions over the past year or so.
MacIntyre played alongside Scheffler during the final two rounds of the BMW Championship last season, with the American getting the better of the Scot in the second FedEx Cup playoff event.
The 29-year-old world number one has set the standard in the professional game over the past four years.
Since February 2022, Scottie Scheffler has 20 PGA Tour wins to his name, including four major championships.
Robert MacIntyre obviously looks up to Scheffler as a golfer. The two players are the same age and watching the American dominate the sport over the past few years will have motivated the Scot to improve his own game.
MacIntyre has actually been criticized heavily this season for his displays of anger out on the golf course.
However, the Scot’s emotions getting the better of him is only a byproduct of wanting to win so badly.
He is fully aware of the fact that he can’t make too many mistakes if he wants to compete regularly with the likes of Scottie Scheffler.
Despite receiving criticism for his form at times this season, Scheffler has put together a really impressive set of results in 2026.
He has one win, five top-five finishes and eight top-25s in eight PGA Tour events to his name so far this year.
And MacIntyre has been truly astounded by the consistency shown by the man from Dallas, Texas.
Anyone on the PGA Tour can shoot a 63 or 62 on their day.
However, what makes Scheffler so good is his ability to post a 69 or a 70 when he’s nowhere near his best, while players like MacIntyre may go shoot a 73 or 74 on their off days.
During the course of four-round tournaments, minimizing mistakes is crucial to players’ hopes of winning.
And nobody is better at doing just that than Scottie Scheffler.
When his driving or iron play is off, he makes up for it with his short game, and vice-versa.
He always plays aggressively to conservative targets as well. It is very rare to see Scheffler miss on the short side of greens.
On the rare occasion that he does miss his target, he usually leaves himself a pretty simple up and down.
And that is perhaps the area in which Robert MacIntyre needs to improve if he is ever going to reach Scottie Scheffler’s level.