Rory McIlroy’s end at Torrey Pines over the weekend wasn’t going effectively, and when one fan criticized his caddie, it pushed the flawed button.
McIlroy fell down the leaderboard on the Genesis Invitational after some poor placing, leaving him T-Seventeenth for the match at 3-under when the ultimate scorecard was signed.
Properly, one fan was heard yelling, “Blame your caddie,” in line with golf reporter Dan Rapoport.
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Rory McIlroy stands on the primary gap in the course of the last spherical of the Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines. (Denis Poroy-Imagn Pictures)
“Shut the f— up,” Rapoport mentioned McIlroy retorted.
The fan’s callout to McIlroy got here after a missed 12-foot putt that went simply previous the opening on the suitable for a missed birdie.
McIlroy’s caddie, Harry Diamond, has been with the PGA Tour star since 2017. Their relationship as childhood buddies runs deeper.
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The struggles for McIlroy on the inexperienced got here on Saturday, as he completed final in photographs gained for the day. And there have been no main changes in his last spherical on Sunday.
Placing, although, has been a serious sticking level for McIlroy since his disastrous meltdown on the 2024 U.S. Open, which Bryson DeChambeau finally received.
McIlroy missed two brief putts within the last spherical at Pinehurst No. 2, and people errors led to him lacking out on his closest likelihood at his first main since 2014.
Rory McIlroy hits his tee shot on the second gap in the course of the last spherical of the Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines. (Denis Poroy-Imagn Pictures)
Naturally, Diamond was introduced into the dialog for the reads on these putts, in addition to a membership selection on the par-3 fifteenth gap within the last spherical that led McIlroy to hitting it over the inexperienced. He would end with a bogey there.
“You realize it’s definitely unfair,” McIlroy mentioned, through Golf Week, in protection of Diamond after the U.S. Open end.
“However simply because Harry shouldn’t be as vocal or loud along with his phrases as different caddies, it doesn’t imply that he doesn’t say something and that he doesn’t do something. I simply want that, you realize, these guys that criticize when issues don’t go my approach, they by no means say something good when issues do go my approach. So the place have been they once I received Dubai earlier this 12 months or Quail Hole or the 2 FedEx Cups that I’ve received with Harry or the 2 Ryder Cups or no matter? They’re by no means there to say Harry did such an incredible job once I win, however they’re all the time there to criticize once we don’t win.”
Rory McIlroy hits out of the bunker on the 18th gap in the course of the third spherical of the Genesis Invitational. (Denis Poroy-Imagn Pictures)
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McIlroy received earlier this 12 months as effectively, taking residence the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am with a 21-under end to beat Shane Lowry by two strokes. McIlroy took residence $3.6 million on the PGA Tour signature occasion.
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