Repulsive Ryder Cup fan behaviour slammed by | Golf News

The Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black was meant to spotlight American enthusiasm for golf on its most important worldwide aggressive platform. However, it devolved into a three-day spectacle of boos, slurs, chants, and beer-throwing that left Rory McIlroy pausing mid-putt, Bryson DeChambeau making an attempt to kickstart the event with a “We Will Rock You,” to keep a patriotic spirit, and ESPN’s Mike Greenberg silencing his tv in revulsion.

Europe secured a 15–13 victory in New York, but Greenberg let free on Omaha Production’s “This Is Football,” hosted by Kevin Clark on ESPN 2.

The longtime MikeandMike radio host and SportsCenter star labeled the group as “repulsive, reprehensible, disgusting” and insisted it wasn’t a reflection of the United States but of the hundreds who “checked their humanity at the door”. It comes after golf legend Tom Watson admitted his disgrace at the scenes rising from the match.

“I’m not embarrassed as an American,” he acknowledged. “I just consider it a reflection on this collection of idiots that showed up at this thing.”

McIlroy and his household bore the brunt of most of the verbal abuse, forcing him to even say, “Guys, shut the —- up” after being yelled at while lining up a putt. His spouse, Erica Stoll, was heckled and had a drink thrown at her in the gallery.

Shane Lowry could not comprehend the booing during his pre-shot routine, experiences the Mirror US.

Matt Fitzpatrick was taunted during observe rounds and even attributed the heated crowd to his determination not to have his mother and father attend the event.

The state of affairs escalated to the purpose where event emcee Heather McMahan initiated a Day 2 chant of “—- you Rory” from the first tee, later issuing an apology and stepping down. The PGA of America confirmed her resignation. Greenberg confessed that he had to mute the published to bear watching it.

“I enjoyed watching without the sound so much more than I enjoyed watching with the sound, because I thought the crowds were so grotesque,” he remarked.

He emphasised that the conduct of the group overshadowed the competitors itself, “That to me was the story of this Ryder Cup, much more than anything anyone else did. I don’t blame the players, I don’t blame Keegan Bradley, I don’t blame anyone but the people who participated.”

The ambiance was labeled as “toxic” and “beyond unsportsmanlike” by followers and commentators online. Greenberg rejected the concept that the Ryder Cup viewers represented the United States as a complete.

“It was a disgrace, but it’s not a reflection of our country. It’s a reflection of people who lost control at a golf event.”

Europe dominated Day 1, taking a 4-0 lead in the morning foursomes, with Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton overcoming DeChambeau and Justin Thomas 4and3, while Matt Fitzpatrick and Viktor Hovland narrowly beat Scottie Scheffler and Russell Henley.

The U.S. demonstrated vitality in the afternoon fourballs with Thomas and Cameron Young defeating Justin Rose and Fitzpatrick, yet the scoreboard still leaned in direction of Europe in the worst American start in fashionable Ryder Cup historical past. Day 2 witnessed the duo of Tommy Fleetwood and McIlroy disregarding the commotion to triumph over Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay.

Robert MacIntyre executed a momentum-preserving par that basically secured the victory.