Published: May 20, 2019
The heckling of Brooks Koepka by the crowd at the US PGA was unacceptable but is likely to be even worse for Europe’s players when the Ryder Cup comes to the course in 2024
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“The fans here have been tremendous.” Suzy Whaley did not intend to raise eyebrows with a speech, typically filled with platitudes, at the conclusion of the US PGA Championship. Instead, given events of Sunday afternoon, the PGA of America president’s lauding of New York galleries was horribly misplaced. It was laughable, in fact.
Just because Brooks Koepka gleaned inspiration from fans chanting in support of Dustin Johnson and, even worse, cheering his own miscued irons the Bethpage scenario should not be shrugged off. Those spectators were not so much anti-Koepka/pro-Johnson as keen to witness a great sporting turnaround – as almost transpired – but the scene was ugly.
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