Ryder Cup tensions boil over between Bryson, Rose, caddies - ESPN

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — It hasn't been a great Ryder Cup week for American stars Bryson DeChambeau and Scottie Scheffler at Bethpage Black, and it didn't get any better when their caddies were involved in a confrontation with Europe's Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood during their four-ball match Saturday.

As Rose was lining up a 15-foot birdie attempt on the 15th hole, he said DeChambeau's caddie, Greg Bodine, came back to read the American star's putt again and was standing close to his line. Rose pointed for Bodine to move out of the way.

«I was waiting to putt, the boys were obviously working on their read, obviously going through a lot of their sort of whatever, calculations and bits and pieces, so I sort of waited a few seconds,» Rose said. «Then I felt like they came up again, and I was like, 'It's my putt, right?'»

The Europeans were 3 up in the match, so tensions already were running high.

«Maybe I didn't say it as politely as I could have said it in the moment, but by no means was there any disrespect or anything like that,» Rose said. «But obviously it was taken the wrong way.»

After Rose made his birdie putt, he celebrated in the direction of DeChambeau and Bodine.

When DeChambeau made an 11-foot birdie putt to extend the match, he seemed to return the favor.

As the golfers walked off the green, DeChambeau approached Rose, and the pair exchanged words.

«I said to the boys, 'If you want me to say, „Excuse me, please,“ then yeah, my bad,'» Rose said.

The incident continued up the hill to the 16th tee box. Fleetwood and his caddie, Ian Finnis, joined the heated discussion, and then Scheffler's caddie, Ted Scott, had words with European team vice captain Francesco Molinari. Fleetwood stepped between Molinari and Scott