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Rory McIlroy rued a missed chance to win a rowdy re-run of Rome car park battle. ‌

The Northern Irishman had a perfect opportunity to exact glorious Ryder Cup revenge for the incident in Italy two years ago with Patrick Cantlay’s caddie. ‌

McIlroy and Shane Lowry were involved in the heated exchanges at Marco Simeone which came about after bagman Joe Lacava’s antics. ‌

Cantlay had been hounded all day by Euro fans for not wearing a hat in apparent protest at not being paid to play. After holing a putt on the last, the player celebrated with his team-mates and LaCava decided to also start swinging his hat in defiance for his man.

However, while doing so, he stood around too long preventing McIlroy from properly lining up his putt and, when asked to move aside,

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