9 d. ago Rory McIlroy makes brutally honest admission over fan abuse following Ryder Cup triumph

Rory McIlroy has spoken for the first time since Team Europe won the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black before his maiden appearance at the DP World India Championship in Delhi

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1 week ago Ryder Cup triumph being remembered for the wrong reasons, says Rory McIlroy

Focus on unruly fans ‘is obscuring Europe’s performance’‘I’d like to shift the narrative,’ says Northern IrishmanRory McIlroy is eager to shift discussion of last month’s Ryder Cup from the dominant theme of unruly spectators to the “incredible” strength of Europe’s display.Luke Donald and his European team secured back-to-back Ryder Cup wins after reaching what ultimately proved an unassailable position within two of the event’s three days. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ryder Cup vice captain clarifies Europe’s stance over rowdy USA fans

There were claims Europe considered halting play because of the abuse

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2 w. ago Collin Morikawa denies his ‘chaos’ comments inflamed USA fans at Ryder Cup

US golfer admits home fans ‘crossed the line’ with abuseMorikawa says he did not intend fans to get out of handCollin Morikawa admits the behaviour of American fans at the Ryder Cup “crossed the line” but he denies he was partly to blame for inflaming the atmosphere.Two days before the event started at Bethpage in New York, the two-time major winner said he hoped the opening day was “absolute chaos”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Collin Morikawa admits US Ryder Cup fans ‘crossed a line’ with abuse but refuses to take blame

Morikawa believes fans had gone too far but denied any responsibility for contributing

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2 w. ago Ryder Cup star who called for 'absolute chaos' picks sides after Rory McIlroy abuse

Team Europe were on the end of serious crowd abuse in New York last month as they beat the USA to the Ryder Cup and Collin Morikawa has now given his take on the behaviour

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2 w. ago Boy, 14, arrested over gang knife fight near train station in west London

Witnesses were left shocked by the brawl on Hounslow Road in Feltham

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3 w. ago Swearing, booing and spitting: is crowd behaviour out of control?

As Ryder Cup fans throw beer at players’ wives, we investigate if fans’ conduct has got worse or changed little since ancient Athens when Plato bemoaned the mobThe abuse hurled at Europe’s golfers in the Ryder Cup elicited gasps and dismay on both sides of the Atlantic. The crowd at the Bethpage Black course in New York graduated from boos and heckles to homophobic slurs and insults aimed at players’ wives. The first-tee master of ceremonies set the tone by leading a chant of “fuck you, Rory!”, putting Rory McIlroy firmly in the crosshairs – along with his wife, who was hit with a beer cup.After initially playing it down, American golf officials apologised and said some fan behaviour had “crossed the line”, but the affair has left a nagging sense of unease. What if the line has in fact moved? What if accepted codes of crowd behaviour have changed? Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'I watched American golf fans abusing Rory McIlroy at Ryder Cup – his response was epic'

Rory McIlroy has been labelled "the greatest of them all" for putting the abusive Bethpage Black fans in their place and leading Team Europe to Ryder Cup glory

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3 w. ago PGA of America president belatedly admits US Ryder Cup fans ‘crossed line’ with abuse

Don Rea Jr writes letter to organization’s membersEuropean players and wives were verbally abusedThe president of the PGA of America, who had initially dismissed abuse directed at Europe’s players during this year’s Ryder Cup as no worse than at “a youth soccer game”, has issued an apology.“Let me begin with what we must own. While the competition was spirited – especially with the US team’s rally on Sunday afternoon – some fan behavior clearly crossed the line,” Don Rea Jr wrote in an email to PGA of America members. “It was disrespectful, inappropriate, and not representative of who we are as the PGA of America or as PGA of America golf professionals. We condemn that behavior unequivocally.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Team Europe star sends perfect response to Ryder Cup fans' weight insults

Scottish golfer Robert MacIntyre helped Europe retain their Ryder Cup title in the United States and has hit back after he was the subject of taunts at Bethpage Black

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3 w. ago What can Americans learn from the UK? How to cope with national sporting despair | Adrian Chiles

America’s Ryder Cup defeat sparked some ugly behaviour among their fans. But, as some of us know all too well, losing can be a bonding experienceI feel a bit sorry for Americans. They don’t go through enough national sporting despair. OK, they had an invigorating shot of misery last Sunday night losing the Ryder Cup, but that was a rare thing for them. It’s rare because they’re so dominant in all the team sports they really care about, not least because their biggest team sports – certainly NFL and baseball – aren’t played by anyone else. Or at least not to the extent that another nation is ever going to come close to beating them in any meaningful “world cup” competition. Basketball, to be fair, is widely played around the world but essentially the same applies – the US men have been Olympic champions 17 times out of 20; for the women it’s nine out of 12. Ice hockey is slightly different. Here, Americans haven’t had it all their own way, and in Canada have a genuine local rival. Th...

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3 w. ago Tyrell Hatton tells European supporters not to sink to level of US fans at Bethpage

Ryder Cup will be staged at Adare Manor in 2027‘I don’t really think insults are the way forward’Tyrrell Hatton has urged European supporters not to lower themselves to the level of US golf fans when the Ryder Cup heads to Adare Manor in 2027.Europe’s players were boorishly abused, with Rory McIlroy and his American wife, Erica, targeted for particularly vile treatment, as Bethpage turned ugly. Hatton, who secured the half in the Sunday singles that guaranteed victory for Europe, has told home fans not to seek retribution in Ireland in two years’ time. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tyrrell Hatton rejects US captain Keegan Bradley’s claim about European Ryder Cup fans

It was Hatton’s half point with Collin Morikawa which secured an outright Ryder Cup victory for Europe over the USA in New York

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3 w. ago Euro Ryder Cup hero slams Keegan Bradley for fan comparison as he insists Rome was nothing like Bethpage Black

Tyrrell Hatton is adamant there was no comparisons between crowd behaviour after US captain and PGA chief's comments

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3 w. ago Bob MacIntyre rams Ryder Cup jibes back down throats of USA fans as he lists fat

The man from Oban has returned to Scotland and posted an hilarious clip on Instagram

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3 w. ago They weathered vile abuse from US Ryder Cup fans... But now insiders reveal strains STILL exist between Rory McIlroy and the steely wife he came close to divorcing last year

Amid the chaotic jubilation of Europe's Ryder Cup victory, there was something particularly striking about the three words Rory McIlroy uttered to his wife Erica Stoll.

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3 w. ago Rory McIlory called out for explosive Ryder Cup outbursts – 'You can't do both'

Rory McIlroy was involved in heated confrontations with the New York fans this weekend as Team Europe defeated Team USA 15-13 at Bethpage Black to win and retain the Ryder Cup

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3 w. ago Moment Rory McIlroy has American fan thrown out of Ryder Cup for homophobic slur

Watch the moment Rory McIlroy got an American fan ejected from the Ryder Cup after being targeted with a homophobic slur.

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3 w. ago Tom Watson expresses shame over Ryder Cup behaviour and acknowledges what Keegan Bradley didn't

The Ryder Cup was marred by a string of incidents, with fans hurling abuse at European players, and former USA captain Tom Watson was among those to weigh in

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