{"id":179007,"date":"2025-09-30T01:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/179007\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T01:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:46:08","slug":"rory-mcilroy-blasts-americans-unacceptable-and-abusive-behavior-at-ryder-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/179007\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy blasts Americans\u2019 \u2018unacceptable and abusive\u2019 behavior at Ryder Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On the heels of Team Europe\u2019s 15-13 victory against the United States at the 2025 Ryder Cup<\/a>, one of golf\u2019s biggest stars, Rory McIlroy, condemned the \u201cunacceptable and abusive\u201d behavior he witnessed during the weekend tournament.<\/p>\n

McIlroy was among several European players who found themselves a target of the crowd at the Bethpage Black Course on Long Island, New York. Throughout the weekend, rowdy spectators shouted obscenities and personal insults<\/a> at the players.<\/p>\n

The Northern Irishman seemed to bear the brunt of the abuse. Spectators heckled McIlroy with homophobic slurs and comments about his nationality and personal life, according<\/a> to multiple reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But it wasn\u2019t just the fans. Comedian Heather McMahan was forced to apologize and step down<\/a> from her role as master of ceremonies at the tournament after leading a disparaging chant against McIlroy.<\/p>\n

At some points during the weekend, McIlroy either refused to play until the crowd quieted down or snapped back. In a now-viral video<\/a>, the golf star can be seen telling a group of hecklers to \u201cShut the f— up\u201d before taking a swing.<\/p>\n

McIlroy\u2019s wife, Erica Stoll, was also subjected to abuse from the crowd. In another video<\/a> posted to social media, McIlroy is shown comforting Stoll after a fan threw a beer cup at her on Saturday. The following day, the 36-year-old told the media<\/a> his wife was \u201cfine\u201d and a \u201cvery, very strong woman.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the weekend, McIlroy said <\/a>he witnessed \u201ca lot\u201d of \u201cunacceptable and abusive behavior\u201d from fans during the tournament. \u201cI don\u2019t think we should ever accept that in golf. I think golf should be held to a higher standard than what was seen out there this week,\u201d he added<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The event was also marked with an appearance by Donald Trump<\/a>, who became the first sitting U.S. president to attend the competition. <\/p>\n

After the European team secured victory on Sunday, the players posted a playful video online, trophy in hand, taunting the president over their win, asking, \u201cAre you watching, are you watching, are you watching, Donald Trump?\u201d<\/p>\n

Later in the evening, Trump reposted the video to his Truth Social <\/a>platform, writing, \u201cYes, I\u2019m watching. Congratulations!\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the torrent of abuse from the crowd, McIlroy said that in the end, Team Europe got the last word. \u201cIt was a rough week for all of us,\u201d he said. \u201cBut at the same time, we shut them up by our performance and how we played.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the heels of Team Europe\u2019s 15-13 victory against the United States at the 2025 Ryder Cup, one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-179007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}