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It is no secret that the crowds at Bethpage Black this past weekend during the Ryder Cup were harsher than normal golf crowds.
Rory McIlroy got the extent of the heckling, whether it was telling him his wife was “a four,” asking about Amanda Balionis amid a previously rumored fling (with his wife mere feet away), dropping F-bombs, or constant reminders of the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2.
McIlroy called out the fans in Team Europe’s victory press conference, saying that the heckling should not be accepted as normal Ryder Cup behavior.
“I love Rory, you know that, but you can’t say that. You can’t say the fans need to behave better and then in the meantime lay them to waste. You can’t do both. You gotta be one or the other.”
In that press conference, Fox News Digital asked McIlroy about his interactions with the fans and how he chooses when to do so.
“Honestly, I’d say it’s just on impulse,” McIlroy said. “Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t. I’m quite an impulsive character, if you haven’t noticed. Sometimes I’ll engage and sometimes I’ll catch myself and refrain. But I don’t really choose when, and it’s just sort of sometimes I do and sometimes I don’t.”
The Europeans won the event, 15-13, largely in part to dominance on Friday and Saturday. They entered Sunday singles leading 11.5-4.5, but the Americans gave a valiant effort for a miraculous comeback.
It was not enough, though, and Europe became the first team to win a Ryder Cup on the road since they did so in 2012. It was also the first time since Europe won three straight from 2010 to 2014 that a team won back-to-back Ryder Cups.
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