{"id":679289,"date":"2026-05-19T08:45:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/679289\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T08:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:45:15","slug":"rory-mcilroy-freaks-out-on-fan-at-pga-championship-shut-the-f-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/679289\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy freaks out on fan at PGA Championship: &#8216;Shut the f&#8212; up&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Rory McIlroy had a rough back nine in more ways than one at the PGA Championship on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Late in his ill-fated attempt at his third PGA championship victory, the Irishman had an encounter with an unknown fan on the 16th hole after his third shot from the rough ended up short of the green, eventually landing in a bunker at the Aronimink Golf Club in Newton Square, Pa.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Seconds after his wayward wedge attempt found the sand, McIlroy turned to the crowd and softly mouthed the words, \u201cshut the f\u2014 up,\u201d proceeding to point his club in the general direction of the crowd that had gathered en masse behind him.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rory McIlroy trying to get a fan kicked out for yelling \u201cUSA\u201d after one of his bad shots.<\/p>\n<p>Get over yourself. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qHAWqqobwo\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/qHAWqqobwo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Country Club Populist (@LIVGolfNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LIVGolfNation\/status\/2056131084950049152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prior to the encounter with the unknown spectator, the television broadcast microphones picked up several undecipherable comments directed at the 37-year-old soon after his shot took flight.<\/p>\n<p>The comment that appeared to irk McIlroy the most, at the very least drawing the NSFW remarks, was a fan yelling, \u201cUSA,\u201d after the shot found the greenside bunker.<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/sports\/golf\/nick-taylors-pga-championship-hopes-crash-and-burn-at-aronimink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aaron Rai of England poses with The Wanamaker Trophy after winning the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club on May 17, 2026 in Newtown, Pa. \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/rai.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Aaron Rai wins PGA Championship, Canadian Nick Taylor&#8217;s hopes crash and burn<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/sports\/golf\/nick-taylor-sunday-pga-championship-contention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Canadian golfers Nick Taylor (right) and Corey Conners walk off the fourth hole tee box during the third round of the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club on May 16, 2026 in Newtown, Pa.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0517taylorconnerssmall-e1778973764856.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Nick Taylor looks to join Mike Weir as Canada\u2019s only men\u2019s major champ<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/sports\/golf\/meet-two-billion-heirs-pga-championship\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Maverick McNealy, left, and Kristoffer Reitan, right, compete in the third round of the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown, Pa., Saturday, on May 16, 2026.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/McNealy-Reitan-May16.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Meet the two billion-heirs in the hunt at PGA Championship<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The broadcast team made a note of the comment and moved on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMcIlroy not happy with one of the fans here in Philadelphia,\u201d the television announcer said.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the encounter, he was three shots behind the eventual winner Aaron Rai.<\/p>\n<p>The No. 2 ranked golfer in the world went on to par the hole, ultimately finishing his final round with a 1-under par 69. McIlroy finished in a three-way tie for seventh, with a four-day total of 276.<\/p>\n<p>Rai secured his first PGA championship by shooting a four-day total of 271. The Englishman now has a five-year exemption on the PGA Tour, and into the Masters, the U.S. Open and the British Open. He can play in the PGA Championship event for life.<\/p>\n<p>The closest Canadian was Nick Taylor, who finished in a nine-way tie for 26th with a four-day total of 280.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED VIDEO<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Loading...\" height=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/21.2.1\/websites\/images\/common\/icon-spinner-animated.svg\" width=\"64\"\/><\/p>\n<p>We apologize, but this video has failed to load.<\/p>\n<p>Play Video<\/p>\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article content Rory McIlroy had a rough back nine in more ways than one at the PGA Championship&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-679289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679289","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=679289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}