Rory Mcilroy takes a phone after being upset by the winner of the NCAA in the players

Less than 24 hours after his first victory at the University, according to the reports, a male golfer from the University of Texas was escorted by TPC Sawgrass after an incident with Rory Mcilroy during Tuesday’s practice round for players.

Luke Potter attended the players with their teammates, one day after the young of Longhorns won the John Hayt Invitational on the other side of the street in Sawgrass Country Club. Standing behind the nineteenth Tee box with a teammate, Potter observed how Mcilroy rinsed his Kee Kit, and then, as Golf.com reported and confirmed by Golfchannel.com, Potter Heckled Mcilroy with a reference to the 2011 masters.

TO Video posted in X I did not catch Potter’s comment, although he cited it by saying: “Like the 2011 Masters.” Mcilroy, of course, was the leader of 54 holes in that teacher before engaging a trip in the tenth hole of the National of Augusta during the final round and triple Bogle the hole as part of an 80 closure.

The video showed Mcilroy hitting a second trip and then walking to Potter and a teammate. “Can I see your phone?” Mcilroy asked Potter’s teammate, while Potter was silent at his side. No pause, Mcilroy took the phone and left. Potter, according to Golf.com, was forced to leave the land.

The PGA Tour Fan Code of Behavior prohibits viewers “making rude, vulgar comments or gestures or other inappropriate gestures.”

“Look, I just made a mistake and I give myself possession,” Potter told Golfchannel.com on the phone. “I apologize for it. That is all to say. … It’s just a good learning experience. Yes, I apologize. “

The Texas chief coach John Fields added, speaking with Golf.com: “He has a hole in his heart. He had no idea that what came out of his mouth was going to result in this fashion. ”

Fields added that Potter has written letters of apology to Mcilroy, the PGA Tour Commissioner, Jay Monahan, the director of the University of PGA Tour, Brendan Von Doehren, and the coach of UNF Scott Schroeder, whose program houses the HayT and helps the participants to obtain players of players for the next day.

Potter said this of Mcilroy: “He is a great player and I wish him the best.”

Potter was once the best classified Junior in the 2022 class, which also included Nick Dunlap, Luke Clanton and Caleb Surratt. He signed with the state of Arizona, but decided to transfer after falling from the alignment the past spring. Having reached up to 38^th In the world amateur golf ranking, it is currently number 60.

When winning the Hayt, Potter surpassed the runner -up David Ford, the North Carolina Senior who occupies the number 1 position in the current PGA Uur U ranking, for three shots. The Lonhorns, occupied by fourth place in the nation by marker, also took the title of the team.