{"id":11448,"date":"2025-07-15T10:52:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/11448\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T10:52:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:52:05","slug":"xander-schauffeles-dad-boycotting-ryder-cup-after-disturbing-treatment-of-shane-lowrys-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/11448\/","title":{"rendered":"Xander Schauffele’s dad boycotting Ryder Cup after disturbing treatment of Shane Lowry’s wife"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ryder Cup has become too much for Xander Schauffele\u2019s father.<\/p>\n

The outspoken Stefan Schauffele complained about how outrageous the Ryder Cup has become<\/a> in recent years and said he has no plans to attend in September at Bethpage in an in-depth feature in The Times of London.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo I miss the PGA Tour? No. I\u2019m not going to the Ryder Cup either,\u201d the German-born Stefan, who has been Xander\u2019s coach for much of his career, told the paper. <\/p>\n

Stefan Schauffele (right) celebrates with Xander at the 2024 President\u2019s Cup. PGA Tour<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m afraid of what\u2019s going to happen in New York. I was there [at Whistling Straits] when they called Shane Lowry\u2019s wife a w\u2014e in front of him. I couldn\u2019t believe my ears. <\/p>\n

\u201cThen I saw what happened in Rome. That was utterly disgusting claiming this money bulls\u2013t and Rory [McIlroy] behaved disgustingly in my opinion [when he confronted Patrick Cantlay\u2019s caddie, Joe LaCava]. It\u2019s only going to get worse. It\u2019s ruined my appetite for the Ryder Cup. It becomes unwatchable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The McIlroy incident is well-known.<\/a><\/p>\n

Shane Lowry (right) with wife Wendy at Wimbledon in 2024. WireImage<\/p>\n

The Northern Irishman had a heated moment with LaCava after Cantlay holed a putt on the 18th hole at the 2023 Ryder Cup at Rome. <\/p>\n

LaCava waved his hat at the crowd to celebrate after rumors swirled that Cantlay was playing hat-less in protest of players not getting paid for the Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n

McIlroy still had a putt to halve the match and felt LaCava\u2019s boisterousness got in the way of his preparation. <\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy confronts Joe LaCava at the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome. Getty Images<\/p>\n

After words were exchanged on the green, McIlroy then confronted Justin Thomas\u2019 caddie, Jim \u201cBones\u201d Mackay, in the parking lot \u2014\u00a0stealing headlines from a dominant European performance over the Americans.<\/p>\n

That type of raucous behavior is usually seen in the galleries as the Ryder Cup has become known for its exuberant fan behavior.<\/p>\n

For Stefan, that clearly extended to the American fans, given the comment he recalled about Lowry\u2019s wife, Wendy, from 2021 \u2014 the last time the event was on U.S. soil.<\/p>\n

Wendy Lowry at the 2023 Ryder Cup. Getty Images<\/p>\n

In Hazeltine in 2016, McIlroy was reportedly told to \u201csuck a d\u2013k\u201d<\/a> and repeatedly serenaded with \u201cSweet Caroline\u201d by fans after he had recently split with tennis star Caroline Wozniacki.<\/p>\n

After the Americans were dominated in Rome, fan fervor is expected to be at a high at Bethpage \u2014 which has been known for loud fan behavior even without the passion of the Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n

Xander, who won the PGA Championship and British Open last year, is only behind Scottie Scheffler in the Ryder Cup standings and is all but assured a spot on the team.<\/p>\n

He just won\u2019t have his father there to cheer him on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ryder Cup has become too much for Xander Schauffele\u2019s father. The outspoken Stefan Schauffele complained about how…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,6082,11383,11384,99,7745,11385],"class_list":["post-11448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-ryder-cup","tag-shane-lowry","tag-sports","tag-wags","tag-xander-schauffele"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}