American Fans Embarrass Themselves At The Ryder Cup In New York
I’m glad that this is an open conversation. I’m glad that this isn’t something that’s attempting to be swept under the rug as if it didn’t take place because it did and it’s not the first time that it’s taken place uh in in a Ryder Cup. Uh the the concern is the fact that and and I I I realize that there’s a responsibility amongst the fans and some of the video in fairness when when people were yelling f you Rory etc. there were other people in the gallery that you could hear telling them to stop to not behave in such a way. Uh we knew the story of of the MC and the first tea that started such a chant etc. uh that so so there there were instances where it was completely and totally out of control. But as Rory referred to, the vast majority of the crowd did behave and they were there for fun and they were there for the right reasons. A couple of a couple of things that that that I wanted to clear up and mention. One of them is when One of them is when people say, “Well, it’s it’s the exact same when they’re in Europe.” It isn’t the same when they’re in Europe. I’m at all those Ryder Cups and and in the European Rder Cups in particular, I’m actually between the ropes. So, I’m between the fans and the players. And I can’t think of any instances where there has been as blatant disregard for propriety, courtesy, and respect for a comp for a competitor as has taken place at some American Rder Cups. So, I guess what I’m getting at with this is what I’d mentioned earlier in the program, which is it’s easy to blame the crowd. The easy path is to say, “Well, that’s just New York.” I grew up in that area. I don’t think that’s a fair assessment. New York sports fans are demanding lot. There’s no doubt about that. Tough. They know the game. You fill in which sport you want. They know the game, right? But to just paint them and say, “No, no, this is this is exactly what was going to happen with New York fans.” I don’t buy it. I believe exactly what happened was set up by engaging the masses in such a way every single question was, “Well, how do you think you’re going to do with that New York sports fan?” They they were brought into the role that some of them a very small percentage assumed and and to the idea where people say whether you’re talking about a a regulatory event or you’re in this case you’re talking about a RDER cup when people say well why can’t you control when people act in a fashion that they shouldn’t whether they’re yelling something at the moment of impact The concern there isn’t so much that they’re yelling something stupid, which they do often, those that want to insert themselves, but the concern is at one point, either with delibery or under the influence of alcohol or whatever it is, that they get their timing off and it impacts a player’s performance. There’s been concern in that regard now with the proliferation of sports betting, for example. Will someone deliberately engage in in a behavior to impact the circle of competition? And a lot of people kind of shake their head and go, “Well, that’s not something you really can control.” Oh, really? What would we hear from Augusta? Hold my Don Perry own. It can be done and it should be done not only for the players certainly, but also for the other 99.99% that are maybe have their kids there with them and they’re there to enjoy a great competition. They’re going to cheer for the good shots by their team. They’re also going to cheer at a Ryder Cup by the bad shots in the other side. That’s part of that competition. I get that. but vulgar attacks and more. That’s something that really needs to be looked at.
Matt Adams expresses his feelings about the fans who went too far at the 2025 Ryder Cup.
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Maybe all the players STOP playing when this gets out of hand. Play SUSPENDED for 30 Minutes due to DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
Play restarts – if behaviour continues PLAY SUSPENDED. Home side docked 1/2 a point.
That'll shut them up.
How come when an event goes international some Americans get crazy?
Don't you guys play enough international sporting contests?
Australia plays international cricket, rugby, soccer, tennis, cycling, golf, etc etc etc.
The rot begins at the top.
The Americans' utter lack of social responsibility is what lead to this. You think Europeans don't have people that act disrespectful? The difference is we tell them to shut up and apologise on their behalf. Americans completely failing to understand and act on this is what lead them to voting in Trump as a president – twice
We've laughed with you for a while: Mistakes happen, even if you make some insane ones we can laugh with you. But now we're laughing at you – we've lost all respect for you, and now you're even ruining sports. The thing that's meant to keep us together in times of hardship or political stress. Notice how Ukraine has been treated in every sporting event or Eurovision – that could've been you. Instead you're parked right next to Russia, more often than not below.
Thanks for beating the ooze out of theses rude MAGA Americans.
But the good news in all of this. 99% of America doesn’t care, didn’t know about this, or will never know. But it will stick in the Euro golfer and euro fans minds for years. I’ll have stopped caring be next week. And do really you think Yolanda, PR director, in Seattle cares about the Ryder cup? Maybe she’s diverse. I did give her a job. She has depth.
Nuh cheering bad shots should never be condoned, and as a country you are all responsible for not pulling the culprits into into line and ejecting them,. your a disgrace!
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🏌️♂️ The Ryder Cup in the 1970s and early 1980s: polite, subdued, almost too civil
• Up through the early 1980s, the Ryder Cup was a gentlemanly, low-key event.
• The U.S. dominated almost every year — the Americans won 18 of the first 21 Cups through 1983 — and crowd behavior was generally quiet, respectful, and reserved.
• British golf crowds were traditionally polite too. You’d hear cheers and applause, but no taunting or chanting, and certainly no nationalistic songs.
• Players from both sides often shared dinners and drinks together; it was competitive but friendly — not the cauldron it would become.
Nick Faldo once said the Ryder Cup used to feel like a “club match between friends,” especially before continental Europeans joined in 1979.
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🇪🇺 The 1980s shift: European passion, football culture, and nationalism
• When continental European players (like Seve Ballesteros, José María Olazábal, and Bernhard Langer) joined after 1979, the event’s culture changed dramatically.
• Seve in particular brought fiery emotion and team pride, and European fans responded with football-style passion — singing, chanting, flags, horns, face paint, etc.
• The turning point was often cited as the 1985 and 1987 Ryder Cups, when Europe won for the first time in decades.
• At Muirfield Village (1987), American players and fans were shocked by how loud and partisan the European crowd had become.
• At The Belfry (1989) and The K Club (1991), that football-match energy became the new norm.
This infusion of European soccer culture gave the event incredible energy and made it globally popular — but it also brought the first real heckling, songs aimed at U.S. players, and crowd hostility that golf had never seen before.
Does it surprise you most Americans play are spending old money they're entitled spoiled brats that didn't work for shit. Mommy and daddy gave them everything. They're spoiled rotten entitled brats.
Is this what America has become ? Lawless, ruthless and uncouth?
In an official tournament, are there no officials or rules for audience behaviour?
USA has always had a moral backbone, always been strong in dignity, but times are changing.
this is trumps America, where's it's fashionable to be openly hateful!!
Americans making a fool of themselves? what else is new?
America is lost. They can't even do fair sports anymore.
I recall the K cup in 2006. Silence for every swing. At least the cost of getting to Ireland in 2027 will weed out the losers. Fingers crossed.
What a shock.Americans acting like the assholes they are.I wonder why the whole world hates the US?
Your country is/has gone insane. It must be the crap in your water and the shit you eat and the negligent parents and criminal politicians and wars of aggression and No Future. Bar-close must be a shit show and you get them demented police forces… NO Future.
I am a Canadian who competed in an amarican motor sports event this weekend and I just have to say I have never fealt more welcomed in my life
I used to have a great love of the USA…the crowd behaviour is typical of those who voted for Trump…uneducated, rude, ignorant, vulgar and depressing.
What happened America…come back the world needs you..😠
There was an official announcer on the first tee with a microphone, shouting "FU RORY"…THAT is disgraceful
The IS breaking. It has become more rude, crude and disgusting.
I blame Bradley and Dechambeau because neither of them set an acceptable standard of behaviour. The y both acted like petulant school boys and the crowd fed off both of them. Appalling behaviour.
Americans are a wretched people, wherever they go, trouble follows.
Grubs…..