PGA Tour (Official Thread)

[ScriptOhio]

I was laughing and remarking to my wife how much nicer people were treating Rory at Augusta this weekend versus how he was treated at Bethpage a few months ago at the Ryder Cup.

We had a chuckle.

https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/48801616/rory-mcilroy-heated-exchange-fan-pga-championship-usa-shout-gallery

Rory McIlroy has heated exchange with fan at PGA Championship​

Rory McIlroy's frustrating final round at the PGA Championship on Sunday boiled over with an angry exchange with a fan after a "U-S-A!" shout from the gallery at Aronimink Golf Club.

An errant shot out of heavy rough at the scoreable 16th hole derailed McIlroy's come-from-behind bid, and he appeared to respond to the shout by using an expletive while telling the fan to "shut up."

The exchange summarized the two-time Masters champion's confounding final round.

McIlroy said earlier in the week that the outlandish and abusive fan behavior he endures -- as at the Ryder Cup in 2025 -- is usually limited to one week every four years, when those matches are contested in the U.S.
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He didn't comment on the fan interaction but acknowledged that he left some strokes on the course.
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Just sayin': If the fan just yelled "U-S-A!" at a time when McIlory wasn't in the process of hitting the ball; I really don't see anything wrong with that. Fans have always been know to yell things after the ball is hit, you hear someone yell "in the hole" all the time. PGA golfers need to block out the fans and give their full attention to their game. McIlroy let the fan get to him. The fan won.

 

[calibuck]

For those that play, a cough, laugh, sudden noise can disrupt a swing - badly. Doesn't matter how focused one is, even putting a club back in the bag noisily, can cause problems. Was following a Buckeye player at Pebble, and got a glare when I moved, (was greenside with the hole between he and me), during his putting stroke. Golf is not like football/baseball/basketball, where fans have the right (?) to yell and scream at the players. Do this at the Masters, and you'll be escorted off the course. Fan is short for fanatic, and some of us knuckleheads believe that paying dollars for admission believe that gives us right to vent our opinions (loudly, and often crudely) about a player or a play. The key to Script's post is "after the ball is hit", certainly not during. So, I don't complain about Rory yelling 'shut up' to a 'fan', and applaud him for not adding an epithet to his comment. He'd probably get fined for doing so.

 

[Bucklion]

For those that play, a cough, laugh, sudden noise can disrupt a swing - badly. Doesn't matter how focused one is, even putting a club back in the bag noisily, can cause problems. Was following a Buckeye player at Pebble, and got a glare when I moved, (was greenside with the hole between he and me), during his putting stroke. Golf is not like football/baseball/basketball, where fans have the right (?) to yell and scream at the players. Do this at the Masters, and you'll be escorted off the course. Fan is short for fanatic, and some of us knuckleheads believe that paying dollars for admission believe that gives us right to vent our opinions (loudly, and often crudely) about a player or a play. The key to Script's post is "after the ball is hit", certainly not during. So, I don't complain about Rory yelling 'shut up' to a 'fan', and applaud him for not adding an epithet to his comment. He'd probably get fined for doing so.

It's Phily, you know what you're going to get...I was actually pleasantly surprised that it wasn't a lot worse than it was in the coverage I saw. I thought the crowd was actually much more well-behaved than the nicest weekend crowd at that mess of a tournament in Phoenix every year. Rory usually lets a lot of crap go, so if he felt the need to clap back, it was probably egregious. But there wasn't nearly as much of that as I was afraid there might be.

 

[Jagdaddy]

It's Phily, you know what you're going to get...I was actually pleasantly surprised that it wasn't a lot worse than it was in the coverage I saw. I thought the crowd was actually much more well-behaved than the nicest weekend crowd at that mess of a tournament in Phoenix every year. Rory usually lets a lot of crap go, so if he felt the need to clap back, it was probably egregious. But there wasn't nearly as much of that as I was afraid there might be.

I actually don’t think it was objectively egregious as it wasn’t obscene or personal or done pre- or during Rory’s swing, but it was right after Rory lost any shot at winning so it was a bit classless. At another time, I’m sure Rory would have ignored him per usual, but he caught him at a moment of peak frustration. The Waste Management crowd lives up to the name of the tournament, and somehow it’s become their signature there kind of like Bills fans jumping through tables in terms of idiotic douchiness.