Rich Eisen didn’t hold back when addressing the behavior of some American fans at the 2025 Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. From heckling Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry to throwing projectiles at European players and their families, the line was crossed… and Rich called it out.
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What are we doing? Let me just say this. You are a loser. You’re a loser and you are not in any way, shape, or form additive or representative of what our country should be known as around the world. This is forget about the real world right now about how many people are viewing this through the prism of the real world and politics and things of that nature. Fine. That’s just the way things are in this world. It’s all about and I understand that there is a nationalistic jingoistic. Rich Eisen goes off on Ryder Cup fans who trolled Rory Mroy and the European team and he’s not holding back. When fans crossed the line from patriotism to pure disrespect, someone has to call it out. And Rich, he just dropped the hammer. What happened at Beth Page Black that made one of sports media’s most respected voices call out American golf fans as losers. This is the story of when nationalism turned toxic. When golf’s sacred decorum shattered and when the world watched America embarrass itself on home soil. Buckle up because this one stings that let’s rewind to September 2025. Beth Paige Black, Long Island, New York, the Ryder Cup, home soil, team USA with every advantage you could ask for. The course setup, the crowd, the momentum, and for two days it looked like a coronation. Rich Eisen described it perfectly. It was a total blowout for the first two days. America was rolling. Europe looked rattled. The putts were falling. The drives were splitting fairways. Everything was going according to plan. And then Europe woke up and then Europe held on. Rich said it was very disappointing. Very disappointing. Disappointing doesn’t even cover it. What happened over the weekend was one of the most stunning collapses in recent RDER Cup history. Europe clawed back. They fought. They grinded. And suddenly the blowout became a battle. But here’s the moment that really captured it all. After the dust settled, after the heartbreak, after the missed putts and blown leads, someone asked Team USA captain Keegan Bradley if he got out coached. It’s a brutal question, the kind that makes you want to crawl under the podium. And Keegan, he took it on the chin. He started talking about how it was his job to set up the course, how he had the home advantage, how he wished he could take some decisions back. And then Xander Chaell jumped in. Picture this. There are about five American players surrounding Keegan on a two-level podium. Press everywhere, cameras rolling, and Xander Chaell, stone-faced, dead pants. Yeah, he should have made us make more putts. The room went silent, then erupted. Rich Eisen loved it. I thought like good for you Xander like you know what I mean like Keegan was beating himself up and Xander show fells like yeah you should have made us make more putts it was the perfect clapback because at the end of the day the players didn’t execute period the captain can’t sink the putts for you he can’t hit the fairways for you and Xander wasn’t about to let Keegan take all the heat for what was a collective failure but losing the RDER Cup that’s just sports that’s competition That’s what makes these events so electric. What happened off the course though? That’s where this story takes a dark turn. Because while Team USA was collapsing on the Greens, something else was collapsing in the galleries. And it wasn’t pretty. Dot. Let’s talk about Tommy Fleetwood for a second. Because if you want to understand why America lost, you have to understand what Tommy did to us. Rich Eisen put it this way. The Europeans were just lights out for the first two days. Tommy Fleetwood, man. Tommy Fleetwood. And then he dropped this stat. At one point, Tommy Fleetwood, I think, had more points personally than the US had points collectively. At one point on Saturday over the weekend, read that again. One man, Tommy Fleetwood, outscoring the entire United States Rder Cup team. That’s not just dominance. That’s historical. That’s the kind of performance that gets etched into RDER Cup lore forever. But instead of tipping our caps, instead of respecting greatness, some fans in the crowd decided to go a different route. They decided to get nasty. And that’s when Rich Eisen had enough. If you were one of the people in the crowd, gallery, whatever you want to call it, certainly not patrons in Long Island. That was screaming stuff that I was reading that you were screaming at, say Rory Mroy, Shane Lowry. He paused. You could feel the frustration building. It’s like, what are we doing? And then he said it. Let me just say this. You are a loser. Not that’s disappointing. Not that’s not cool. No. He called them losers to their faces on national television. You’re a loser. And you are not in any way, shape, or form additive, or representative of what our country should be known as around the world. This wasn’t just about golf. This was about character. This was about decency. This was about what happens when nationalism tips over into ugliness. Because here’s what fans were doing. They were screaming at Rory Mroy while he was over putts. They were heckling Shane Lowry. They were targeting European players families. And according to reports Rich referenced, some fans were even throwing projectiles. Let that sink in. Projectiles at a golf tournament. At the Ryder Cup on American soil, Rich wasn’t having it. There is a necessary amount of decorum required to be somebody in the stands at a golf tournament. Period. End of story. He acknowledged the nationalism, the jingoism, the passion that comes with the RDER Cup. But there’s a line, and that line isn’t blurry. It’s crystal clear. No matter how you feel about America or golf or whatever, or the Americans you’re rooting for, the stuff that I read that was directed at some of the Europeans and their families, including projectiles, if you’re one of those people, you need to look in the mirror and say to yourself, “Why am I a loser?” Period. End of story. Full stop. somebody in the stands at a golf tournament. Period. End of story. No matter how you feel about America or golf or whatever or the Americans you’re rooting for, the stuff that I read that was directed at some of the Europeans and their families, including projectiles, if you’re one of those people, you need to look in the mirror and say to yourself, “Why am I a loser?” Period. What made Rich’s rant so powerful wasn’t just the anger. It was the precision. He wasn’t painting with a broad brush. He wasn’t saying all American fans were terrible. He was laser focused on the ones who crossed the line. And the response, it came fast that a caller named Teizo from Iowa called into the Rich Eisen show and he didn’t disagree. He agreed wholeheartedly. Yo, what up, Rich? Hey, I can’t agree with you more. I was taken back by how our fans reacted and from the sounds of it, they weren’t even really chanting for the US. Think about that. Even American fans watching at home were embarrassed. They were disgusted. They saw what was happening and thought, “This isn’t us.” Teo continued, “I’m all for us rooting for the US, you know, and having fun with it.” Sure, but you do have to have respect. And I thought that there was so much that they could have done better, and they just didn’t do it. And it’s just it’s saddening. saddening. That’s the word. Because the RDER Cup is supposed to be one of golf’s greatest spectacles. It’s supposed to be a celebration of competition, camaraderie, and national pride. But when the pride turns into hate, when the passion turns into projectiles, it stops being fun. It stops being sport, it becomes something ugly. Rich made sure to clarify, and I don’t want to paint with a broad brush. I’m sure there were some people at Beth Page Black who were handling their business as a member of the gallery properly. But the loud ones, the ones screaming at Rory, the ones targeting families, they became the story. They became what the world saw when they looked at America that weekend. And Rich wasn’t going to let it slide. This is, forget about the real world right now, about how many people are viewing this through the prism of the real world and politics and things of that nature. Fine, that’s just the way things are in this world. He acknowledged the reality. We live in a hyperpolitical, hyperdivided world. Sports have become a proxy war for bigger cultural battles. But even in that context, there are rules. There are boundaries. And golf, more than any other sport, demands respect. At the end of the day, Rich said, there is a necessary amount of decorum required to be somebody in the stands at a golf tournament. Period. Not basketball, not football, not baseball, golf. A sport built on honor, integrity, and self-p policing. A sport where players call penalties on themselves. A sport where silence is sacred. And at Beth Page Black, that silence was shattered at s Oh, what does this all mean? Why does it matter that some fans acted like jerks at a golf tournament? Because it’s not just about golf. It’s about who we are. It’s about what we show the world. Rich put it plainly. You are not in any way, shape, or form additive or representative of what our country should be known as around the world. That’s the gut punch. Because when the cameras are on, when the world is watching, when you’re wearing red, white, and blue, and screaming at the top of your lungs, you’re representing something bigger than yourself. You’re representing America. And what did America represent at Beth Page Black? Disrespect, aggression, ugliness. Meanwhile, Europe, they were cool, calm, and collected. They let their golf do the talking. Tommy Fleetwood didn’t need to scream. He just made putts. Rory Mroy didn’t need to respond to hecklers. He just played and they won. Well, they held on. But they didn’t just hold on in the competition. They held on in character. They showed the world what sportsmanship looks like, what class looks like, what decorum looks like. In America, we showed them what losing looks like. Not just on the leaderboard, but in the stands. There’s a cruel irony in that. We had the home advantage. We had the crowd. We had the setup. We had everything we needed to win. And we still lost. And then, to make it worse, we embarrassed ourselves in the process. That Rich’s message was clear. You can be patriotic without being cruel. You can root for your team without degrading the opponent. You can be loud without being a loser. But if you can’t do that, if you can’t cheer without crossing the line, then maybe you shouldn’t be there at all. Dot. Let’s zoom out for a second. Because this isn’t just about one RDER Cup. This is about the future of golf. This is about what kind of sport we want this to be. Golf has always prided itself on being different. It’s not the NFL where trash talk is part of the game. It’s not the NBA where fans scream at free throws. It’s golf. It’s quiet. It’s respectful. It’s dignified. Dot. or at least it’s supposed to be. But what happened at Beth Page Black raises a serious question. Is that version of golf disappearing? Are we turning into every other sport where anything goes, where the loudest voice wins? Where respect is optional? Rich doesn’t think so. And he’s right. Period. End of story. Full stop, he said. And that’s the line in the sand. Because if we lose decorum in golf, we lose what makes golf special. We lose what separates it from the chaos of other sports. We lose the very thing that makes the RDER Cup so magical. The Ryder Cup isn’t supposed to be a brawl. It’s supposed to be a battle. There’s a difference. A battle is competitive. A brawl is ugly. And at Beth Page Black, we tip too far into brawl territory. But here’s the good news. It doesn’t have to be this way. We can be better. We can cheer louder than anyone, support our team harder than anyone, and still respect the game. Still respect the opponents. Still respect the moment. Teizo from Iowa said it best. I’m all for us rooting for the US and having fun with it. But you do have to have respect. That’s the balance. That’s the line. And if we can’t find it, if we can’t walk it, then we’re going to keep having moments like Beth Paige Black. Moments where the story isn’t about great golf. It’s about bad behavior. Rich Eisen didn’t go off because he hates America. He went off because he loves what America can be, what it should be, and what it wasn’t at Beth Paige Black. Oo, here’s the challenge for the next Ryder Cup, for the next big tournament, for the next time the world is watching. Can we compete with class? Can we root with respect? Can we be loud without being losers? Rich thinks we can. Tiso thinks we can, and honestly, so do most American golf fans. But it only takes a few bad apples to spoil the bunch. And at Beth Page Black, those bad apples got all the attention. Oo, here’s the question. Were the fans out of line? Or is this just what homefield advantage looks like in 2025? Should golf evolve with the times or does decorum matter more than ever? And if you were at Beth Paige Black, what did you see? Drop your thoughts in the comments. Let’s talk about it. Because this conversation is far from over at the end of the day, Rich Eisen said what needed to be said. He called out the behavior that embarrassed American golf fans everywhere. He reminded us that patriotism doesn’t mean disrespect, that passion doesn’t mean cruelty, and that if you can’t cheer without crossing the line, you need to look in the mirror and ask yourself why. The RDER Cup is one of the greatest events in sports. Let’s make sure we treat it that way. Let’s make sure we act like we belong on the world stage. And let’s make sure that the next time the RDER Cup comes to America, the story is about great golf, not bad fans. If you appreciate real talk like this, hit that subscribe button, drop a like, and stick around because we’re diving deep into the stories that matter in golf. The drama, the controversies, the moments that make you think. Thanks for watching and remember, respect the
