Europe celebrates winning the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York on Sunday. Ben Jared/PGA Tour/Getty Images

English golfer Tyrell Hatton has underlined that insults are not “the way forward” when it comes to fan behavior at the Ryder Cup , several days after his victory with Team Europe .

The language used by American fans towards European players at Bethpage Black became a flashpoint during last weekend’s tournament, which Europe won 15-13 after staving off a dramatic US fightback on Sunday.

Players were subjected to verbal abuse and personal insults while on the course in Farmingdale, New York, with European talisman Rory McIlroy saying that “a lot of the language was unacceptable.”

That also extended to the players’ families, with Irishman Shane Lowry adding

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