Rory McIlroy doesn't appreciate New York golf fans, says Ryder Cup chief after playing down talk of rowdiness
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Rory McIlroy doesn't appreciate New York golf fans, says Ryder Cup chief after playing down talk of rowdiness
"I think it's inevitable something is going to happen in New York. It might not involve me, but it is inevitable that something will happen, whether like in Rome last time or something else. I just think when you go into that environment and you are there for five or six days and the crowd are on you for eight hours, so many days in a row ... "
"I sort of welcome the opportunity to hear some of that chatter, knowing that what they're going to see is going to be quite the opposite. The best thing we can do is go out and just break that narrative. When I hear that [there will be bad behavior], it's coming from someone that doesn't understand this market, someone maybe doesn't appreciate these fans for who they are."
Team USA will play before a boisterous New York crowd as the team aims to reclaim the Ryder Cup. Concerns emerged that intense partisan support could produce disorder over several days. Rory McIlroy predicted that sustained crowd attention across five or six days could provoke incidents and urged teammates to protect one another. Bryan Karns rejected those predictions, welcoming the chatter while saying the reality will be different, calling such fears a misunderstanding of the market. Karns emphasized zero tolerance for troublemakers and expressed confidence that New York sports fans largely self-police.
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