Rory McIlroy’s weekend at Torrey Pines didn’t go as deliberate.
The Northern Irishman tumbled down the leaderboard of the Genesis Invitational over the weekend due to a brutal show of placing that noticed him end 3-under and in a tie for seventeenth place.
He reportedly took out his frustration on one fan Sunday after they urged McIlroy ought to “BLAME YOUR CADDIE” for a missed putt.
“Shut the f–k up,” McIlroy stated in response, in keeping with reporter Dan Rapaport, who hosts the “Dan on Golf” podcast.
Harry Diamond has been McIlroy’s caddie since 2017 and the 2 are childhood mates.
The fan taunt got here after McIlroy slid a 12-foot putt simply previous the outlet on the correct to overlook out on a birdie.
McIlroy was final within the area in photographs gained placing within the third spherical Saturday after which third-to-last Sunday.
It’s not the primary time Diamond has come below fireplace for McIroy’s failures after the partnership was dissected following the 2024 U.S. Open.
McIlroy missed two quick putts within the remaining spherical at Pinehurst that price him his first main in a decade. His membership selection on the par-3 fifteenth, which led to McIlroy hitting it over the inexperienced and making a bogey, was additionally questioned by former PGA Tour professional Smylie Kaufman and longtime golf teacher Hank Haney.
“You know, it’s certainly unfair. Hank Haney has never been in that position. Smylie has been in that position once, and I love Smylie, and he was out there with us on 18,” McIlroy stated in protection of Diamond, in keeping with Golf Week.
“However simply because Harry shouldn’t be as vocal or loud together with his phrases as different caddies, it doesn’t imply that he doesn’t say something and that he doesn’t do something. I simply want that, you already know, these guys that criticize when issues don’t go my manner, they by no means say something good when issues do go my manner. So the place had been they after I received Dubai earlier this yr or Quail Hole or the 2 FedEx Cups that I’ve received with Harry or the 2 Ryder Cups or no matter? They’re by no means there to say Harry did such an amazing job after I win, however they’re at all times there to criticize after we don’t win.
“At the end of the day, they are not there. They are not the ones hitting the shots and making the decisions. Someone said to me once, you would never — if you would never take advice from these people, you would never take their criticisms, either. Certainly wouldn’t go to Hank Haney for advice. I love Smylie, but I think I know what I’m doing, and so does Harry.”
Earlier than arriving at Torrey Pines, McIlroy was coming off a $3.6 million win at Pebble Seaside within the PGA Tour’s earlier signature occasion.
On Sunday, Ludvig Aberg rallied previous Maverick McNealy with 4 birdies in his remaining six holes to take residence the $4 million high prize.
