Heather McMahan will not be returning to first-time emcee duties at Bethpage Black. This decision follows a string of racist incidents throughout the Ryder Cup that raised eyebrows. The mood at the event is more electric and specialized than that. Rory McIlroy and the European team have battled past the crowd’s unending hostility to seize a staggering seven-point advantage.
As a result, McIlroy found himself forced to temporarily retreat from his ball on multiple occasions due to overzealous and rowdy patrons. Spectators hurled insults and obscenities. They threw shade on McIlroy’s major record, drawing attention to history, and they insisted that his Masters win was simply “a fluke.” In addition, many fans targeted McIlroy’s personal life and marriage, which turned the game’s traditional spectatorship into an all-out war on the course.
During one particularly heated moment, McMahan shouted “F
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