{"id":294733,"date":"2023-10-02T21:33:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T21:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=294733"},"modified":"2023-10-02T21:33:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T21:33:34","slug":"rory-mcilroy-says-he-was-the-angriest-ive-ever-been-in-my-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/golf\/rory-mcilroy-says-he-was-the-angriest-ive-ever-been-in-my-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy says he was the &apos;angriest I&apos;ve ever been in my career&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Rory McIlroy says his furious row with Joe LaCava was the &#8216;angriest I&#8217;ve ever been in my career&#8217; as he labels Patrick Cantlay&#8217;s caddie&#8217;s behaviour &#8216;disgraceful&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>LaCava took off his cap and waved it in the air when Cantlay made a decisive putt<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>McIlroy appeared fuming with his antics and he was later seen losing his cool<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Northern Irishman admits that his emotions got the better of him\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rory McIlroy says his row with caddie Joe LaCava was the angriest he&#8217;s ever been in his golfing career.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, McIlroy was annoyed that Patrick Cantlay&#8217;s caddie LaCava &#8211; who has 36 years of caddying experience &#8211; initially didn&#8217;t move out of the way, instead continuing to wave his cap over his head in celebration of Cantlay&#8217;s birdie on the last.<\/p>\n<p>The Northern Irishman had reportedly asked LaCava, thought to be 68, &#8216;politely&#8217; to move out the way, yet the caddie continued to ignore the request for some time.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy a day prior, McIlroy secured a 4 &amp; 3 victory over USA&#8217;s Sam Burns, helping Europe on their way to Ryder Cup victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, an emotional McIlroy told BBC 5 Live: &#8216;Walking off the 18th yesterday was probably the angriest I&#8217;ve ever been in my career. I said it to the US guys, I thought it was disgraceful what went on and I made that clear.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/18\/76017225-12581695-McIlroy_had_argued_with_LaCava_on_Saturday_after_he_took_off_his-a-17_1696182801970.jpg\" height=\"452\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>McIlroy had argued with LaCava on Saturday after he took off his cap and waved it to celebrate<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/19\/76044323-12581695-image-a-19_1696183568082.jpg\" height=\"456\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>McIlroy and LaCava were involved in a heated confrontation following the incident<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I needed that to fuel me today and not let it take away from what has been a great week. I felt like I used it to my advantage and came out with a different level of focus and determination and in a way it gave the whole team a bit of fire in our bellies.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>McIlroy went on to say he had texted Mackay and apologised to the caddie before the start of the singles. &#8216;He was the first American I saw outside the locker room, I texted and apologised,&#8217; said McIlroy. &#8216;I was angry. I didn&#8217;t agree with what happened on 18. I let it fuel the fire today. It focused me and I went out and got the point. Joe wasn&#8217;t there.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He added he was &#8216;relieved&#8217; to be held back by Lowry, who then took McIlroy &#8216;to the cold plunge at the hotel to cool down too&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We talked about it as a team, we felt it was disrespectful, to the whole team, we get the banter when we go to the States and play. It&#8217;s the way the Ryder Cup goes, you have to have thick skin. We&#8217;ve texted. Everything will be fine. It&#8217;s a point of contention, it still hurts. But time&#8217;s a healer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/18\/76017241-12581695-He_was_then_seen_launching_into_a_livid_rant_at_someone_while_le-a-18_1696182805768.jpg\" height=\"345\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He was then seen launching into a livid rant at someone while leaving Marco Simone Saturday\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I just wanted to win another point for Europe. Ever since Whistling Straits I was so disappointed in my performance there, so to come here and get four points for the team means a lot to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8216;It&#8217;s a great bounce-back after Whistling Straits. The team we have is incredible. It&#8217;s a young team that I think will be around for a long time.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/golf\/article-12581695\/Rory-McIlroy-says-furious-row-Joe-LaCava-angriest-Ive-career-labels-Patrick-Cantlays-caddies-behaviour-disgraceful.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rory McIlroy says his furious row with Joe LaCava was the &#8216;angriest I&#8217;ve ever been in my career&#8217; as he <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rory McIlroy says he was the &amp;apos;angriest I&amp;apos;ve ever been in my career&amp;apos; 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