After Sunday's loss at the BMW Championship, Robert MacIntyre battled emotions and then vowed to smash his clubs in rage.

He was unable to fend off Scottie Scheffler at the BMW Championship, but Robert MacIntyre did earn an automatic qualifying spot on the Ryder Cup team.

Scotland's Robert MacIntyre and England's Tyrrell Hatton clinched spots on Team Europe's Ryder Cup squad with their weekend performances. MacIntyre jumped from fourth to second on the European Ryder Cup points list -- trailing only Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy -- after claiming second place at the PGA Tour's BMW Championship.

Robert MacIntyre holds a 4-shot lead at the BMW Championship, holding his nerve despite some chirping from the Maryland crowd.

Robert MacIntyre has the largest 36-hole in the BMW Championship in 10 years. MacIntyre shot a bogey-free 64 at Caves Valley and stretched his lead to five shots over Scottie Scheffler.

In the Orange and White game, both Jake Merklinger and MacIntyre got reps at QB, and one could argue that the Tennessee football true freshman (MacIntyre) had the better performance. In fact, his performance did enough to make fans question whether he was the QB choice following the game.

Robert MacIntyre, looking back at Scottie Scheffler's great shot on the 17th hole, realized that he couldn't do anything special at that moment.

MacIntyre had started out with a four-shot overnight lead at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills in Maryland but had the wind taken out of his sails by a struggling start in the closing circuit of the $20 million event.