Things are getting heated in Rome at the 44th Ryder Cup.
Rory McIlroy, after losing 1-up with Matt Fitzpatrick to Patrick Cantlay and Wyndham Clark, went after Justin Thomas’ caddie, Jim “Bones’’ Mackay, in the parking lot at shortly after the match, theWhy McIlroy was incensed at Mackay was not known, but the belief is that it stemmed from an incident on the 18th hole with Cantlay’s caddie, Joe LaCava, who waved his cap in celebration after Cantlay drained a massive birdie putt to give the Americans the last point of the day to keep the deficit to...
Cantlay, to his credit, had fun with it at times, smiling and acknowledging the chants like, “Hats off for your bank account,’’ they chanted on the 14th green. Cantlay then buried his 43-foot birdie putt with the green surrounded by U.S. and European team players, captains, wives and others and the place went crazy.
Then he added, “They played a great match, and yeah, I mean, a few scenes there on 18 and just fuel for the fire tomorrow.’’
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