By this point, state troopers were around every putting surface. Staring straight into the crowds. Even some police dogs were on hand as Record Sport can confirm having stood talking to one of the officers holding one of them on a leash down at the 15th tee. A rare quiet spot as the course crossed back over the road before heading into the next cauldron.<\/p>\n
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Brothers in arms: Lowry and McIlroy silenced their critics.(Image: 2025 Getty Images)<\/p>\n
There wasn\u2019t even a ball struck when 40 guys began to chant \u201cF**k you Rory\u201d on Friday morning as his image appeared on a giant screen warming up for his opening match.<\/p>\n
From that moment on, it\u2019s been a barrage in the direction of the European players. It\u2019s not as if captain Luke Donald and the team weren\u2019t expecting it. They had talked about it for almost two years in preparation and were ready to deal with the constant chirping, the snide remarks.<\/p>\n
Golf\u2019s not like most sports. Loudmouths can get so close to players they can almost touch them. You can see that every time you watch the TV, but sometimes what you don\u2019t see the walks taken off greens and onto the next tee. In some cases here at Bethpage, it can be a lengthy line and jibes and a tunnel of grief.<\/p>\n
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(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n
That walk down the hill from the back of the 14th green, across the road that split the course and back onto the main side of the Black is a perfect example. Same at the back of the 11th. It\u2019s just constant.<\/p>\n
Record Sport had the privilege of walking with Bob MacIntyre\u2019s<\/a> games on both of the first two mornings and some of the stuff made your ears bleed. It wasn\u2019t that it was all nasty because it wasn\u2019t. Most of it was just daft and, frankly. Unfunny.<\/p>\n Americans uncles thinking two light beers has turned them into Kevin Bridges. It\u2019s what Scottish people would refer to as \u201cs***e patter.\u201d<\/p>\n But the players are so close and it\u2019s so quiet when they are getting ready to hit shots, the taunts are audible. Personal. And in front of their friends and family, too.<\/p>\n Saying don\u2019t choke, you\u2019ll miss this, shank it, all of that stuff is fair game. Whatever you think of it, it\u2019s a just home crowd trying to annoy and put off an opponent. It\u2019s not nasty and it\u2019s fine. These are grown men and they can deal with that, no hassle.<\/p>\n It has to be said, the Euro fans have been outstanding. They have backed their boys and stood up for them. There’s a mass of Scots, for example, who are right behind their boy.<\/p>\n When one guy for no reason just yelled \u201cI really don\u2019t like you\u201d straight at MacIntyre as he stood on the 10th green, he got some backchat straight away from a heavy Tartan accent.<\/p>\n When another balloon became the 265th of the day to enquire loudly about where the Scot\u2019s sun cream was, he got an instant and jagged retort from another Tartan fan who smiled at him and said: \u201cIn your maw\u2019s bedroom.\u201d<\/p>\n But when they start to shout rubbish when boys are actually in the act of hitting shots, as happened to MacIntyre on the 17th on Friday and has happened to almost all of the Euro players at some point, that\u2019s crossing the line in terms of golfy-type behaviour.<\/p>\n Still there was level for the moron to go up. Saturday afternoon is where a more sinister line was crossed. Some ihe insults were vile. When players families can\u2019t take it, that\u2019s enough. Matt Fitzpatrick\u2019s folks didn\u2019t even bother going to New York because what was being said around their boy four years ago at Whistling Straits. That\u2019s not rumour. He\u2019s said so himself.<\/p>\n As a real leader, it feels from the outside that McIlroy had accepted before he got to New York that, if they concentrate the stick on him, it might ensure less goes to team-mates. The lightning rod. No question there are less idiots to yell the bad abuse at some of Donald\u2019s other 11 boys because the other three games on the course are ignored as the real loons chase the Northern Irishman around.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0_Screenshot-2025-09-27-at-174124.png\")
Bob MacIntyre made a pace which sealed a vital Ryder Cup win<\/p>\n