{"id":198632,"date":"2025-10-08T22:53:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T22:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/198632\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T22:53:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T22:53:17","slug":"collin-morikawa-talk-of-chaos-not-to-blame-for-ryder-cup-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/198632\/","title":{"rendered":"Collin Morikawa: Talk of &#8216;chaos&#8217; not to blame for Ryder Cup behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Collin Morikawa asked for \u201cchaos\u201d ahead of the Ryder Cup \u2013 but that wasn\u2019t what he had in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking Wednesday ahead of the PGA Tour\u2019s Baycurrent Classic, his first start since his U.S. team lost the Ryder Cup at home for the first time in more than a decade, Morikawa said he didn\u2019t take any responsibility for riling up the crowd ahead of the biennial matches.<\/p>\n<p>Before the Ryder Cup, Morikawa said that he was surprised by the tameness of the crowds during the practice rounds and was hoping for \u201cchaos\u201d during the matches, because the Americans could use that energy to their advantage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we really have to tap into that,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cI hope they come strong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Morikawa, who went 0-2-1, didn\u2019t envision the crowd behavior like what the players experienced at Bethpage Black and admitted that it \u201ccrossed a line.\u201d Several players were targets of the hostile crowd, none more so than Rory McIlroy, who endured abusive taunts and comments that disrupted his pre-shot routine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019ve taken what I said a little out of context,\u201d Morikawa told reporters on Wednesday. \u201cRyder Cups are meant to have a lot of energy, and I think me saying the word \u2018chaos,\u2019 I didn\u2019t mean for them to be rude, right? So that\u2019s not on me, I believe, for me to take credit for people being rude.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I meant was I wanted energy, right? You wanted people to be proud of the country they\u2019re rooting for. Me saying one word, everyone listened, but I don\u2019t think I have the power to do that amongst people. I think fans can do and say what they want sometimes. It probably crossed a line out there. It wasn\u2019t in my groups, but definitely what people were hearing. There\u2019s a line that needs to be drawn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PGA of America has publicly apologized for what it viewed as unacceptable fan behavior, and it vowed to provide a better experience for players and spectators at the 2029 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"Baycurrent Classic 2025: Adjusted first-round tee times and how to watch the PGA Tour in Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/golf\/news\/baycurrent-classic-2025-first-round-tee-times-tv-times-and-how-to-watch-the-pga-tour-in-japan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"PGA: TOUR Championship - Second Round\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759963997_512_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are first-round tee times and TV times for the PGA Tour\u2019s event in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Morikawa said, unlike in football or basketball stadiums, golf is unique in that fans are closer to the action \u2013 just outside the rope lines, and able to make their voices heard instead of being drowned out in a packed stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou look at a lot of other sports, you don\u2019t really hear much. Things are said, but golf has that different aspect to it,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I think you have to learn how to find that division of what\u2019s appropriate and what\u2019s not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Xander Schauffele, the team\u2019s leading points-getter at 3-1, said that fans were mostly frustrated with the players\u2019 performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were some unsavory things said at certain times,\u201d he said Wednesday, \u201cand I really wish we could have played better to have them cheer for us a bit more. New York\u2019s a tough place to play for anyone. I even got a few comments to play better. I\u2019m not taking much personally when it comes to what fans say.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Collin Morikawa asked for \u201cchaos\u201d ahead of the Ryder Cup \u2013 but that wasn\u2019t what he had in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-198632","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\/198632","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=198632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}