GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — European star Rory McIlroy had to be ushered into a car by teammate Shane Lowry during a heated argument in the parking lot of Marco Simone Golf Club on Saturday after McIlroy and Matt Fitzpatrick lost their Ryder Cup match to Patrick Cantlay and Wyndham Clark on the 18th hole.
NBC footage showed McIlroy screaming at someone, while caddie Jim «Bones» Mackay was standing close by. McIlroy shouted: «This can't happen.
This can't happen. It's a f---ing disgrace.» Mackay is American player Justin Thomas' caddie. The incident in the parking lot likely spilled over from the U.S.
team's celebration on the 18th green. A British media report on Saturday suggested that the U.S. team was fractured, and that Cantlay was one of the reasons because of his displeasure with American players not being paid to compete in the Ryder Cup.