FARMINGDALE, N. Y. (AP) — Some six hours after Rory McIlroy turned to a row of hecklers standing outside the ropes and told them to “Shut the (expletive) up,” he must have loved what he witnessed at the Ryder Cup .

It was hundreds of people who paid $750 or more for the hottest ticket in town streaming for the exits as he walked up the 18th fairway.

Those fans were in no mood to see McIlroy wrap up his second win of a touchy, toxic Saturday at Bethpage Black. It was a day in which tournament organizers brought in extra security for McIlroy and others, while flashing reminders about their “zero-tolerance” policy on the scoreboard for fans who turned one of the greats of the game into a punching bag they simply couldn't knock out.

“When you play an away Ryder Cup, it’s really, reall

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