Fans target Rory, Lowry, who fire back with win

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- From the infinitesimal Bethpage Black was announced arsenic this year's Ryder Cup big successful 2013, determination was an anticipation the contention could beryllium 1 of the loudest -- and perchance rowdiest -- successful caller memory.

But what transpired Saturday successful the day four-ball lucifer that featured Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry turned into thing beyond the expected.

Over the people of 18 holes, the European stars were heckled and yelled astatine repeatedly, successful peculiar during their pre-shot routines oregon earlier they deed a putt. As the lucifer against Justin Thomas and Cameron Young progressed -- and Europe's pb connected the United States strengthened astir them -- the strength from the assemblage escalated, starring to accrued information and aggregate instrumentality ejections.

On the 4th green, McIlroy had to backmost disconnected his shot aggregate times arsenic fans yelled astatine him.

"We knew what we were going to get coming here. It was a precise pugnacious day," Lowry said. "Being retired with Rory doesn't marque it immoderate easier. I deliberation he's getting the brunt of it."

Earlier Saturday successful foursomes, McIlroy was yelled astatine arsenic helium lined up to deed a changeable and responded, "Shut the f- up!" which was caught connected the TV broadcast.

"I don't caput them having a spell astatine us. Like, that's to beryllium expected. I mean, that's what an distant Ryder Cup is," McIlroy said aft his greeting match. "Whenever they are inactive doing it portion you are implicit the shot and trying to deed your shot, that's the pugnacious thing."

Tensions continued to emergence arsenic fans zeroed successful connected McIlroy. Those ranged from "F--- you, Rory," to circumstantial comments astir McIlroy's erstwhile large losses astatine Pinehurst, to however his Masters triumph this twelvemonth was "a fluke", to his idiosyncratic beingness and adjacent his marriage. Lowry received his stock of insults, too, with immoderate astir his weight, his deficiency of contributions to McIlroy successful their concern and however overmuch they some "couldn't grip the fans."

"Look, erstwhile you play an distant Ryder Cup it's really, truly challenging," McIlroy said. "It's not for maine to say. People tin beryllium their ain justice connected if they [took] it excessively acold oregon not."

By the ninth spread Saturday afternoon, astir 20 New York State constabulary troopers lined the ropes arsenic the players teed off. A fig of Bethpage State Park constabulary connected bikes rode on and monitored the galleries.

On the 10th hole, aft some Lowry and McIlroy had deed their tee shots, Lowry called implicit a authorities trooper and had him propulsion retired a instrumentality who had directed a remark astatine McIlroy earlier helium deed his drive.

In a statement, the PGA of America said it added information and authorities constabulary to McIlroy's lucifer arsenic good arsenic the different day sessions. It besides accrued the frequence of instrumentality behaviour messages connected videoboards.

"We volition proceed to intimately show instrumentality behaviour and instrumentality due action," the PGA said.

New York State constabulary spokesperson Beau Duffy said 2 fans were ejected.

But contempt the added security, the sound and heckling continued. When McIlroy lined up to deed a putt connected the 11th green, aggregate marshals, rules officials, and some Thomas and Young had their arms raised trying to get the fans successful the adjacent grandstand to basal down and fto McIlroy spell done his routine.

While lasting down that green, European subordinate Robert MacIntyre, who sat retired the day session, pointed to a subordinate of the European unit that Thomas, who had been feeding disconnected the crowd's energy, was trying to play some sides.

"He's f---ing gearing them up and present he's trying to calm them down," MacIntyre said.

McIlroy, successful particular, appeared to vessel up immoderate emotions helium had successful the midst of the frenzy until helium was capable to occurrence back. On the 14th hole, with the lucifer all-square, helium sank a birdie putt, picked up his shot from the spread and erupted. He fist pumped and gestured toward the assemblage successful the grandstands, letting retired respective yells of "Come on! Come the f--- on!" earlier staring astatine them for an extended period. When Thomas missed his birdie putt to springiness the Europeans a pb successful the lucifer for the archetypal clip since the ninth hole, McIlroy stared a...