The fan behaviour was particularly bad on the Saturday, and Murray says that a walk on the course pushed him towards stepping away from the game.
“On the Saturday, I had two hours off after they teed off in the afternoon,” he told the Sliced podcast. “Because I don’t hear tremendously well, I thought I’d go out to the ninth, 10th and 11th which were quite close to the television village.
“I heard stuff in that half-hour that I can’t repeat to you, it’s that bad. Not fired at Rory but at Rory’s family. I walked back and I thought ‘do you really need to be part of this any more?’ That’s when I decided to finish commentary.
“By the time I got on the plane on the Monday, I looked out over New York and thought it has been a fantastic journey, but if that’s our future, I really don’t want any part of it.”
Murray also heavily criticised Heather McMahan, the comedian and actress who led chants of “F— you Rory” on a megaphone.
“I actually found out, thankfully, she doesn’t have kids,” Murray added. “So we’re not going to see the next generation of that. I thought her performance was disgraceful.”