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<\/p>\nRory McIlroy had some strong words for the fans at Bethpage Black during Day 2 of the 2025 Ryder Cup.<\/p>\n
On Saturday morning, McIlroy was once again paired up with Tommy Fleetwood for a Ryder Cup foursome session. They picked up a comfortable 3-and-2 win over the American duo of Collin Morikawa and Harris English. However, they were challenged on the back nine.<\/p>\n
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While getting ready for his second shot on the 16th hole, McIlroy told a fan to “shut the f— up” before setting up Fleetwood for a great look at birdie. It was an intense moment that grabbed everyone’s attention.<\/p>\n
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Aug 21, 2025; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Reporter Paige Spiranac on the first hole during the first round of the TOUR Championship golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images\u00a9 Brett Davis-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Paige Spiranac defends Rory McIlroy.<\/p>\n
There are plenty of fans who called McIlroy classy for his comments on Saturday. Social media influencer Paige Spiranac, however, had a much different take on this fiery exchange.<\/p>\n
Spiranac said golfers should be allowed to “show sass” in a hostile environment like Bethpage Black.<\/p>\n
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“Hot take for golf but I like when the golfers show some sass in competitive settings like this,” Spiranac wrote on X.<\/a> “The crowd is saying whatever they want to them so the players can banter back if they want.”<\/p>\n McIlroy was asked about this Saturday’s incident following his foursome win.<\/p>\n “I don’t mind them having a go at us. Like, that’s to be expected. I mean, that’s what an away Ryder Cup is,” McIlroy said, via ESPN<\/a>. “Whenever they are still doing it while you are over the ball and trying to hit your shot, that’s the tough thing.”<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n On Friday afternoon, McIlroy flipped off a fan at Bethpage Black. Less than 24 hours later, he told someone to shut up.<\/p>\n We can’t wait to see what happens during this Saturday’s four-ball session.<\/p>\n This story was originally reported by The Spun<\/a> on Sep 27, 2025, where it first appeared in the Golf<\/a> section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy had some strong words for the fans at Bethpage Black during Day 2 of the 2025…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[72968,109922,18940,427,39346,6082,11383,99,5179],"class_list":["post-187737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-bethpage-black","tag-championship-golf-tournament","tag-collin-morikawa","tag-golf","tag-paige-spiranac","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-ryder-cup","tag-sports","tag-tommy-fleetwood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187737","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=187737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}