Rory McIlroy was restrained by Shane Lowry after a heated end to day two at Marco Simone GC, the place Staff Europe maintain a ten.5-5.5 lead over Staff USA; Watch the Sunday singles reside from 9am on Sky Sports activities Golf, forward of the primary tee from 10.35am
By Ali Stafford in Rome
Final Up to date: 01/10/23 1:12pm
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New footage has emerged of Rory McIlroy’s argument with Patrick Cantlay’s caddie on the 18th inexperienced as Joe LaCava appeared to anger McIlroy by celebrating too carefully to him whereas he was lining up a putt.
New footage has emerged of Rory McIlroy’s argument with Patrick Cantlay’s caddie on the 18th inexperienced as Joe LaCava appeared to anger McIlroy by celebrating too carefully to him whereas he was lining up a putt.
Rory McIlroy was concerned in automobile park altercation with a Staff USA caddie as tensions boiled over after a dramatic end to the Saturday fourballs on the Ryder Cup.
McIlroy was one up with two to play alongside Matt Fitzpatrick at Marco Simone GC earlier than Patrick Cantlay adopted a penultimate-hole birdie by draining a 45-footer on the par-five final to grab a dramatic 1up victory for him and Wyndham Clark.
Cantlay’s large birdie sparked wild celebrations from the American crew, who responded to taunts from European followers concerning the former FedExCup winner’s lack of hat by waving their USA-branded baseball caps within the air.
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A livid Rory McIlroy confronted Staff USA caddie Jim ‘Bones’ Mackay within the automobile park submit spherical after an incident on the 18th gap.
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Numerous drama on the 18th gap on Day 2 as Staff USA wave their caps again on the Ryder Cup crowd as Patrick Cantlay earns his crew a vital level.
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Patrick Cantlay rubbishes claims he is not sporting his Staff USA hat as a type of protest for not being paid to play and says there aren’t any unity issues inside the crew.
Caddie Joe LaCava appeared to step throughout the road of a European putt as he waved his personal cap within the air, with a heated debate ensuing on the 18th inexperienced after each McIlroy and Fitzpatrick missed their putts to tie the competition.
On the incident, McIlroy mentioned: “They performed an amazing match, and yeah, I imply, a number of scenes there on 18 and simply gasoline for the fireplace tomorrow.”
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The very best of the motion from day two of the Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf & Nation Membership in Italy.
Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry and Justin Rose have been among the many European gamers on the inexperienced throughout the argument, which carried on into the automobile park as McIlroy proceed to vent his frustration at LaCava.
Justin Thomas’ caddie Jim “Bones” Mackay appeared to aim to diffuse the scenario as McIlroy was pointing and shouting at somebody exterior the clubhouse, believed to be LaCava, with Lowry intervening to tug McIlroy away from the incident and in the direction of a ready automobile to go away the course.
Rory McIlroy had gained his opening three matches of this yr’s contest earlier than the defeat on Saturday afternoon
What did Cantlay and his caddie do?
Europe captain Luke Donald revealed McIlroy had felt a “line had been crossed” by LaCava as he celebrated Cantlay holing the putt that ultimately diminished Staff USA’s deficit going into the ultimate day.
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Sky Sports activities’ Jamie Weir dissects the tales surrounding Patrick Cantlay and why day two has led to excessive tensions between the 2 groups.
“Clearly I used to be on 18 and I noticed it unfold,” Donald mentioned. “When Patrick [Cantlay] made that putt, Joe [LaCava] was waving his hat – there was some hat-waving happening all through the day from the group, not our gamers.
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Staff Europe captain Luke Donald has given his assist to Rory McIlroy over the controversial incident on the 18th gap.
“I talked to Rory and he politely requested Joe to maneuver apart as he was in his line of imaginative and prescient, he stood there and did not transfer for some time and continued to wave the hat and I believe Rory was upset about that.
“Rory [McIlroy] felt the road was crossed on the 18th inexperienced. He’s a passionate participant – all of us are on this occasion – and I’ll communicate to him later about it.”
Rory McIlroy has been concerned in a heated trade with Patrick Cantlay’s caddie Joe LaCava
Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis reported McIlroy’s agent mentioned the 2 incidents on the 18th inexperienced and within the automobile park have been associated, whereas Cantlay himself mentioned: “I used to be too busy letting out all of the emotion that constructed up over the day. I did not get a great have a look at it.”
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