The 45th Ryder Cup should be remembered for the great golf that was played all weekend. It should also be remembered for the remarkable comeback the United States made on Sunday afternoon.
However, Rory McIlroy will remember it for the abuse he took from the Farmingdale, New York fans who showed up at Bethpage State Park for the biennial event. McIlroy called it unacceptable an said the crowd crossed the line between cheering and being downright rude and ugly.
His press conference was published on social media for the world to hear.
"Look, I don't think we should ever accept that in golf," McIlroy said in Team Europe's winning Ryder Cup press conference.
"I think golf should be held to a higher standard than what was seen out there this week.
"Golf has the ability to unite people. Golf teaches you very good life lessons. It teaches you etiquette. It teaches you how to play by the rules. It teaches you how to respect people.
"Sometimes this week we didn't see that. So no, this should not be what is acceptable in the Ryder Cup.
"But you know, we will be making sure to say to our fans in Ireland in 2027 that what happened here this week is not acceptable, and for me, it's - you know, come and support your home team.
"Come and support your team. I think if I was an American, I would be annoyed that people - I didn't hear a lot of shouts for Scottie today, but I heard a lot of shouts against me.
"It's like, support your players. That's the thing.
"Look, it was a rough week for all of us. But at the same time, we shut them up by our performance and how we played, and we tried to - I chirped back a few times because it got to me a few times, but we tried to handle everything that came our way with class and poise, and for the most part, I felt like we did that."
McIlroy's playing partner on Saturday afternoon, Shane Lowry, had to be retained by his caddie after some colorful comments coming from the gallery.
"Look, nothing was going to happen. There wasn't going to be physical altercation or anything like that apart from maybe Tommy and Rosey up to the 16th tee yesterday," Lowry said. "There was a lot of language that was unacceptable and abusive behavior. It's a minority of the crowd. It's not the majority. The majority of people here are true golf fans and are respectful and let both teams have the same chance to hit the shots and play a fair contest.
"But you know, there was a small subset of people that behaved a little bit differently than that."