{"id":710103,"date":"2026-06-17T20:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T20:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/710103\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T20:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T20:33:12","slug":"rory-mcilroy-returns-to-long-island-for-us-open-with-different-outlook-after-ryder-cup-nastiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/710103\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy returns to Long Island for US Open with different outlook after Ryder Cup nastiness"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last time Rory McIlroy was on a Long Island golf course, he was celebrating a Ryder Cup victory at Bethpage Black while trying to come to terms with the rough reception he had gotten from the New York crowd all week.<\/p>\n

The taunting and vulgar comments<\/a> toward McIlroy during the U.S. vs. Europe event made headlines and led to some fiery interactions between the fans and the two-time Masters winner.<\/p>\n

But Tuesday, two days ahead of the start of the U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills<\/a>, a little more than 60 miles east of Bethpage Black, McIlroy didn\u2019t seem to hold any ill will toward the local golf fans.<\/p>\n

\"RoryRory McIlroy of Northern Ireland speaks to the media during a practice round prior to the 126th U.S. OPEN at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club on June 16, 2026 in Southampton, New York. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Being part of the victorious side of the Ryder Cup certainly seemed to help.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, I love playing around New York. I love playing in this area. It\u2019s got some of the best golf in the world,\u201d he said ahead of his practice round. \u201cThis is different. The Ryder Cup is Us vs. Them, very partisan. It\u2019s just a different beast. \u2026 Was it a rough week for me at times? Absolutely. But it is what it is. If that\u2019s a price to pay to live the life that I\u2019m living, then I\u2019m OK with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

McIlroy received a warm reception while out on the course Tuesday for his second practice round of the week. Several fans shouted out \u201cRory!\u201d as he waited to tee off on the first hole.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love you Rory!\u201d a woman shouted before he hit the ball, and swaths of fans followed down the first fairway. Coming off the first green, fans lined the sides looking for an autograph.<\/p>\n

\"TeamRory McIlroy (c) during the Ryder Cup. REUTERS<\/p>\n

It was similar Monday while he was out on the course for his first practice round, alongside Michael Brennan and Filippo Celli.<\/p>\n

It was a starkly different scene than nine months earlier in Farmingdale when the crowd at Bethpage Black had upset him to the point he told a fan to \u201cshut the f\u2013k up\u201d before a shot during his Saturday Ryder Cup round, and the day earlier was seen flipping another off.<\/p>\n

Tuesday, McIlroy called the fans following him during the practice round \u201cgreat\u201d and the reception in Southampton \u201camazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNew York is New York, and they\u2019re going to make their voices heard, but that\u2019s a good thing. That\u2019s a good atmosphere to play in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s U.S. Open presents a unique opportunity for the Northern Irishman, as a victory at Shinnecock Hills would mark the first time since 2014 that Europeans have won three majors in a single season. McIlroy had been part of the last time it happened, winning the PGA Championship and The Open, while Martin Kaymer won the U.S. Open that year.<\/p>\n

McIlroy already won the Masters this year \u2014 his second consecutive after winning the first of his career in 2025 \u2014 and Aaron Rai won the PGA Championship in May.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously a historic start to the major season for golfers from that part of the world, and I would say this is more a UK\/European style of test than certainly the first two majors at Augusta and Aronimink,\u201d McIlroy said. \u201cSo it certainly wouldn\u2019t surprise me to see a few players from Europe and the UK in contention on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n

McIlroy is looking for his first U.S. Open victory since 2011, when he won the tournament at Congressional Country Club in Maryland, and a bit of redemption after struggling at Shinnecock back in 2018, the last time the major was held here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The last time Rory McIlroy was on a Long Island golf course, he was celebrating a Ryder Cup…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,6082,11383,301650,99,23234],"class_list":["post-710103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-ryder-cup","tag-shinnecock-hills","tag-sports","tag-us-open-golf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710103","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=710103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}