{"id":422161,"date":"2026-02-12T17:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T17:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/422161\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T17:57:13","slug":"rory-mcilroy-takes-swipe-at-us-golf-fans-as-he-issues-warning-on-crowd-abuse-ahead-of-2027-ryder-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/422161\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy takes swipe at US golf fans as he issues warning on crowd abuse ahead of 2027 Ryder Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy has expressed his desire to prevent a recurrence of the hostile crowd behaviour that marred last year’s Ryder Cup when the competition returns to Irish soil in 2027.<\/p>\n

The Northern Irish golfer, now 36, and his wife Erica Stoll faced persistent verbal abuse from American spectators during the September contest at Bethpage Black in New York.<\/p>\n

Despite the difficult atmosphere, Europe emerged victorious with a 15-13 triumph over their US rivals at the Long Island venue.<\/p>\n

The teams are set to meet again next September at Adare Manor in County Limerick, where McIlroy believes the onus will fall on him and his European colleagues to tackle any inappropriate conduct from the galleries.<\/p>\n

The four-time major champion is adamant that players must take ownership of maintaining proper standards of behaviour at the Irish venue.<\/p>\n

McIlroy said: “I think that\u2019s up to the home team to set the tone early on in the week. If you see something or you hear something, you point it out straight away.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s not the way the Ryder Cup should be played. It\u2019s not in the spirit of why the Ryder Cup was created in the first place.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019ll obviously do everything we can to make sure that the game and the matches are played in the right spirit.”<\/p>\n

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Rory McIlroy has expressed his desire to prevent a recurrence of the hostile crowd behaviour that marred last year’s Ryder Cup<\/p>\n

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McIlroy is preparing to defend his AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am title, his first PGA Tour event of the year, and is confident he will not face a similar reception this time around.<\/p>\n

He said: “I would think that the Ryder Cup was a one-off and it was because I was on the opposing team. I would hope not. That remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

“I think the reception that I get most places that I go to play is usually amazing and I\u2019m deeply grateful for that. <\/p>\n

“I think the Ryder Cup was just a one-off.”<\/p>\n

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McIlroy believes the onus will fall on him and his European colleagues to tackle any inappropriate conduct from the galleries<\/p>\n

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McIlroy trails only Scottie Scheffler in the world rankings heading into the tournament, but knows only consistency will help him bridge the gap to the world number one.<\/p>\n

He said: “I\u2019ll never stop singing Scottie\u2019s praises because he\u2019s incredible at what he\u2019s doing and the way he does it. I\u2019ve had nice runs like that, but I\u2019ve always been a little more up and down.<\/p>\n

“I think anyone that wants to catch Scottie or get anywhere close is going to have to consistently bring that sort of game week in and week out like he does. <\/p>\n

“He\u2019s really the first one since Tiger [Woods] that\u2019s doing this.”<\/p>\n

\"RoryRory McIlroy had a great 2025 | Reuters <\/p>\n

McIlroy\u2019s Ryder Cup team-mate Justin Rose also heads into Pebble Beach in fine form, having won the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in a record 23 under par, and the 45-year-old is confident there is more to come.<\/p>\n

Asked about his game, Rose said: “I don\u2019t want to over-analyse it, to be honest with you. I just want to keep pushing. I think that\u2019s the most important thing, I\u2019m keeping pushing.<\/p>\n

“I think I can still be better. <\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not really looking at what\u2019s going well, I still look at what could be better, so I\u2019m not very good at celebrating the good stuff, I\u2019m more into, \u2018Why is that not as good as it should be?\u2019”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy has expressed his desire to prevent a recurrence of the hostile crowd behaviour that marred last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,2623,217,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-422161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}