{"id":217469,"date":"2025-10-16T10:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T10:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/217469\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T10:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T10:08:09","slug":"ryder-cup-is-being-remembered-for-the-wrong-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/217469\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryder Cup Is Being Remembered for the \u2018Wrong Reason\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy isn\u2019t happy with the conversation following the Ryder Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last month, the European team beat the Americans, 15\u201313, at Bethpage Black in New York. However, the event was marred by unruly behavior from the fans, stirring up controversy about how the event was handled. And as a result of that, McIlroy feels Europe\u2019s performance is taking a backseat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been two weeks,\u201d McIlroy said Wednesday before this week\u2019s India Championship, \u201cand I\u2019ve been following the sort of narrative coming out of the Ryder Cup just like everyone else.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut unfortunately, I think it takes away from what we focused on, which is what an incredible performance it was by the European team.\u201d<\/p>\n

If anyone got the worst of the raucous New York crowd, it was McIlroy. He was subjected to severe heckling all week and somebody threw a beer at his wife. In the winner\u2019s press conference, McIlroy and the European team denounced the behavior<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yet, the Euros won consecutive cups for the first time in a decade, and McIlroy, in his eighth Ryder Cup, earned 3\u00bd points.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I\u2019m playing my matches,\u201d the 36-year-old said, \u201cI\u2019m focused on trying to win my point. You know, you see that the other guys are winning their matches or they are doing well, but you don’t realize how well they are playing.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo just over the last two weeks, being able to watch the highlights and just see, especially those first two days, in the foursomes and the four-balls how good European team were. The Americans would hit it close; we hit it closer. The Americans hole a putt and we hole a putt on top it and it happened every single time.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what he wants the story of the 2025 Ryder Cup to be.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe unfortunate thing is people aren’t remembering that and they are remembering the week for the wrong reason,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cI would like to shift the narrative and focus on how good the European Team were and how proud I was to be part of that team to win an away Ryder Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n

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