Team Europe largely cruised to a commanding victory, dropping just a single point over the course of play. That lone loss came from the pairing of Robert MacIntyre and Viktor Hovland, who fell 2 up to Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele . Now, the credit for this should go to Cantlay-Schauffele’s solid partnership, but the crowd at Bethpage Black played a role in it too.

As MacIntyre was going to make a putt at the 17th hole, someone from the crowd yelled and called him a “w*nker”, in a forced Scottish accent. A sudden distraction, and MacIntyre missed the putt. This led to the loss of the duo by 1 down, making them the only European pairing that lost.

Apparently, this incident completely went unnoticed by the officials, as no actions were taken against those who made the obscene c

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