Rory McIlroy was involved in car park altercation with a Team USA caddie as tensions boiled over after a dramatic finish to the Saturday fourballs at the Ryder Cup.
McIlroy was one up with two to play alongside Matt Fitzpatrick at Marco Simone GC before Patrick Cantlay followed a penultimate-hole birdie by draining a 45-footer at the par-five last to snatch a dramatic 1up victory for him and Wyndham Clark.Cantlay's big birdie sparked wild celebrations from the American team, who responded to taunts from European fans about the former FedExCup winner's lack of hat by waving their USA-branded baseball caps in the air.
Justin Thomas' caddie Jim 'Bones' Mackay appeared to attempt to diffuse the situation as McIlroy was pointing and shouting at someone outside the clubhouse, believed to be LaCava, with Lowry intervening to pull McIlroy away from the incident and towards a waiting car to leave the course.
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