Le tensioni si infilano mentre l’Europa Routs Team USA alla Ryder Cup

> #Tensions Flare as Europe Routs Team USA at the Ryder Cup
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> **Rowdy home fans at Bethpage Black prompted an angry reaction from Rory McIlroy. But that hasn’t stopped Team Europe from racing out to a commanding lead.**
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> By Andrew Beaton
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> Sept. 27, 2025 4:41 pm ET
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> Rory McIlroy is accustomed to being not just one of the best golfers on the planet—but also one of the most popular.
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> But at this Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black, the course known as the “People’s Country Club” in Farmingdale, N.Y., the superstar from Northern Ireland has been forced to contend with a rowdy set of fans who have plenty to be cantankerous about. Team USA is getting trounced by Europe on home soil, and the locals might just be losing their cool.
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> Europe entered the second session of play Saturday afternoon with a commanding 8.5 to 3.5 lead, well on its way to the 14 points it needs to retain the Ryder Cup. But the American supporters weren’t wallowing in silence. Instead, they amped up the heckling in a way that may have crossed the line of accepted decorum, even at an event known for being the most raucous party in golf.
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> In one instance during Saturday morning’s play, McIlroy told fans on the 16th hole to “shut the f—up” when they were yelling at him while he prepared to hit a shot. Then the five-time major winner proceeded to silence them with his sensational abilities.
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> After the disturbance, McIlroy landed his approach to just 3 feet from the cup, setting up a birdie putt for teammate Tommy Fleetwood that sealed a victory over the American duo of Harris English and Collin Morikawa.
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> The tensions only escalated in the afternoon when McIlroy, paired with Irishman Shane Lowry, teed off against Justin Thomas and Cameron Young. On the sixth green, McIlroy repeatedly had to step off the ball and go through his routine again due to noisy interruptions from the gallery. Organizers responded by ramping up the security presence around the group for the rest of the match.
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> “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. “Whenever they are still doing it while you are over the ball and trying to hit your shot, that’s the tough thing.”
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> It’s widely accepted that the Ryder Cup has an environment that’s far more rambunctious than the typical golf tournament. This biennial competition that pits the U.S. against Europe can feel more like the soccer World Cup than the Masters. The fans at Bethpage Black have booed the Europeans, cheered their mistakes and begun counting out loud when they feel they’re taking too long to hit the ball.
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> And the competitors lean into the Ryder Cup’s unique atmosphere, too. Home players will do whatever they can to pump up the crowd, while the visiting side always relishes any opportunity to hit back. It’s why McIlroy himself has said that winning an away Ryder Cup is one of the most difficult achievements in all of sports. No visiting team has won since Europe’s comeback triumph at Medinah in 2012, while the U.S. hasn’t won on European soil since 1993.
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> But even in that uproarious context, there are plenty of ways that fans still edge into dicey territory. That can be by saying something inappropriate directly at a player or yelling when a player is about to hit, when they’re supposed to be afforded quiet.
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> “In between shots, say whatever you want to me,” McIlroy said. “That’s totally fine.”
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> McIlroy, who achieved the career grand slam when he won the Masters in April, is far from the only player on Team Europe to experience this. Teammate Matt Fitzpatrick said earlier in the week that one of the reasons his parents chose not to attend this week was the troubling memory of the last Ryder Cup held in the U.S. in 2021.
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> Europe even took some unusual steps to prepare its players for the conditions. That included training with virtual reality headsets that simulated what it would be like walking out onto the first tee box, which players say is the most nerve-racking test in the sport.
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> “I thought it was a fun idea,” Denmark’s Rasmus Hojgaard said.
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> For all of the taunting, though, the American home support hasn’t been particularly effective. Europe is set to head into Sunday’s singles play with an enormous lead.
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> And, barring a stunning comeback, McIlroy will have the best possible response to the peanut gallery: for the second time in his career, he’ll have won the Ryder Cup on American turf.

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American crowds at the Ryder Cup have always been hoons. On the world stage in front of the world’s media.

It’s a partisan crowd. No class! But Europe responding in the best way possible. This is by the best way to shut the crowd up.