Rory McIlroy has labelled his American Ryder Cup rival Patrick Cantlay a ‘d***’ after the Northern Irishman clashed with Cantlay’s caddie Joe LaCava in Rome last month. McIlroy led Team Europe to a dominant 16.5-11.5 over Team USA, winning more points than any player across the week.
For the most part, everything went to plan for McIlroy and his teammates, apart from a heated blip in Saturday’s fourball clashes. McIlroy and Matt Fitzpatrick took on Cantlay and Wyndham Clark in the final match on day two, which was won by the Americans at the final hole.
Cantlay had found himself at the centre of controversy throughout the day after Sky Sports reported that the American had led a fallout within the US camp due to players not being paid to compete. In protest, it was alleged that Cantlay refused to wear a cap whilst playing, a claim since rubbished by the man himself.
Throughout the day’s play, the home crowd taunted Cantlay by waving their caps in the direction of the former FedEx Cup champion, but it was he who had the last laugh, as his teammates ironically copied the celebration after Cantlay holed what turned out to be the winning putt on the 18th green
