CNN —Rory McIlroy has said that two heated rows with American caddies left him wanting to “make it hurt” for Team USA, as Europe channeled rage into results to regain the Ryder Cup on Sunday.
After confronting LaCava on the green, hostilities reignited in the course’s car park as the 34-year-old got into an angry exchange with another Team USA caddie, Jim “Bones” Mackay.
McIlroy confronts LaCava, caddie for Cantlay (right).
“I don’t think it just motivated me, it motivated the entire team … we wanted to go out there and make it hurt for them,” McIlroy told BBC Sport.
“Everything will be fine,” McIlroy told reporters.
Persons:
Rory McIlroy, caddies, ”, dazzled, Marco Simone Golf, American Patrick Cantlay, Wyndham Clark, McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick, Cantlay’s, onlooking, Joe LaCava, LaCava, Jim “, ” Mackay, Zac Goodwin, Shane Lowry, Sam Burns, …, ” McIlroy, “, ” Lowry, Ross Kinnaird, ’, Mackay –, Justin Thomas –, Steve Sands, texted, Cantlay, Zach Johnson, Joe, Rory, ” Johnson, Guglielmo Mangiapane
Organizations:
CNN, Team USA, USA, BBC Sport, Getty, NBC Sports, ” CNN, Cantlay, Northern, Team Europe’s, Ryder, Reuters, U.S . Team
Locations:
Europe, Rome, American, LaCava, Whistling