The hostile home crowd have been more annoying than intimidating as things fall flat on and off the course
12:24, 27 Sep 2025Updated 12:30, 27 Sep 2025
Ryder Cup officials try and fail to get a chant going
The intimidating Ryder Cup atmosphere Europe were warned to prepare for has been posted missing for the second day in a row as travelling fans mock their hosts with chants of “this this a library?”
The usually rowdy US golf fans in New York have been little more than an occasional nuisance to Luke Donald’s lads, who have pit their gas firmly at a peep by winning both Friday sessions to take a 5.5-2.5 lead into day two.
Team Europe have made light work of a course that has proved to be far from the challenging beast that was promised, with the short rough and the sloping greens not playing into the USA’s hands as expected.
It’s been the boys in blue sinking putts and putting their colour on the board and the home fans haven’t been given much to shout about, bar alcohol.
Rory McIlroy was greeted with a foul mouthed chant before teeing off yesterday, and the same ditty was directed at European fans in Irish shamrock suits today.
Afternoon playing partner Shane Lowry found the library chant particularly amusing before he and Rory added another half point to the total in the final fourball match on Friday.
He got the same treatment this morning, but opened his arms and blew kisses in response. A minority then attempted to get ‘a****e, a*****e’ going, but it didn’t take off and they kept quiet for his tee shot.
Some punters have crossed the line, with one shouting on the Scot Bob McIntyre’s backswing, while another deliberately coughed as McIlroy tried to play, before the Master champ holed a big putt and gave some back in response.
But mostly, it’s been a subdued affair with the European fans doing all the celebrating.
Donald Trump’s appearance, a flyover from a couple of jets and a version of the Star Spangled Banner got things going a little bit before the Friday fourballs, but that soon died down as it became clear Europe weren’t going to crumble in the face of all that patriotism.
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Tournament officials attempted to orchestrate a chant in front of the stand on the first tee, which resulted in booing when no-one could stamp or clap in time, then weren’t instrested in a Bryson DeChambeau chant.
A blast of AC/DC’s Hells Bells preceded DeChambeau and rookie Cameron Young heading on to the first tee for their opening foursomes match against Matt Fitzpatrick and Ludvig Aberg.
But they are tolling for the Yanks so far, who need something to spark a turnaround.
