Paige Spiranac is calling out fans after the 2025 Ryder Cup.
Team Europe won the 2025 Ryder Cup, defeating Team United States, 15-13, at Bethpage Black. The Europeans led, 12-5, entering the final day of competition, but managed to hold off a furious American comeback. Much of the talk about the 2025 Ryder Cup was the behavior of American fans. Many of the 50,000-plus fans in attendance went viral for inappropriate behavior, mostly in the form of curse words and vile chants. Rory McIlroy, Europe’s best player, was on the receiving end of a lot of those chants.
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“When you play away Ryder Cup, it’s really, really challenging,” McIlroy told NBC after his round on Saturday. “You know, it’s not for me to say. People can be their own judge of whether they took it too far or not. You know, I’m just proud of us for being able to win today with what we had to go through.”
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 21: Paige Spiranac attends Netflix’s “Happy Gilmore 2” New York Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on July 21, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/WireImage)Arturo Holmes/Getty Images
McIlroy then made it clear after Europe won the Ryder Cup that what happened at Bethpage Black was not acceptable.
“What happened here this week is not acceptable,” he said at his celebratory press conference.
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Spiranac takes a side in the debate
Spiranac admitted that she was not surprised by what she witnessed at the Ryder Cup, considering the state of things.
“I’m sadly not shocked by the fan behavior at the Ryder Cup because it’s become the norm at most sporting events and in my opinion it needs to change across all sports,” she wrote on X.
“I was at a football game recently and this man in front of me was disgustingly drunk, yelling the most vile (expletive) to players and opposing fans in the stands, spilling his drink everywhere, wanting to fight people, and it completely ruined the experience for me and everyone around him. What was interesting was that his young (maybe 7 years old) nephew was right next to him listening to everything. At one point the kid started copying him and was yelling the same things and the family was laughing. This behavior is taught.
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“I’m not saying you have to sit quietly. You can have passion, chirp, have fun banter, enjoy yourself at the event or game but there’s a line and it’s crossed so many times now.”
Does something need to change when it comes to how fans are behaving at sporting events?
This story was originally reported by The Spun on Sep 29, 2025, where it first appeared in the Golf section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
