Europe’s domination at the 2025 Ryder Cup should have been the biggest takeaway from that late September week at Bethpage Black – not the rowdy spectators who stole the headlines.

That’s according to Rory McIlroy, who was on the receiving end of the merciless heckles from fans, with wife Erica Stoll becoming collateral damage in the chaos at the Long Island course.

“I’ve been following the sort of narrative coming out of the Ryder Cup just like everyone else, but unfortunately, I think it takes away from what we should be focused on is what an incredible performance it was by the European team,” McIlroy said Wednesday ahead of this week’s DP World India Championship.

"The Americans would hit it close, we would hit it closer. The Americans would hole a putt, we'd hole a putt on top o

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