A university golfer told Rory Mcilroy to the players, and ended horribly

Rory Mcilroy week at TPC Sawgrass took an unexpected turn on Tuesday.

When practicing for the opening round of the players championship on Thursday, a golfer of the University Diabló to the four -time largest winner behind the seventeenth Tee box in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, course, with Mcilroy then took the matter in his own hands, literally.

When Mcilroy’s ball landed in the water, Luke Potter of the University of Texas squered A viral video in X.

Although Potter’s mockery could not be heard at the clip, Mcilroy approached him and his Lonchorns teammate after hitting the shot.

“Can I see your phone?” Mcilroy asked Potter’s teammate, taking the device before moving away.

Potter, a university junior, was “escorted by property” According to Golf.comHe also reported that the phone was returned.

“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, “said Potter’s coach John Fields, The Outlet.

“Regarding our University of Texas program, I mean it is a shameful moment. He is particularly sensitive to me because our program is based on respect for the game, and I would tell him that he trains young people aged 18 to 22 years and they do not always make the right decision, and that is my responsibility as a coach and when they make an error it is a moment of learning. “

The drama followed Potter’s victory on Monday at the Collegiate Hayt tournament in Sawgrass Country Club.

Players have guidelines for fans attending the tournament and The Code of Conduct States “The spectators will be subject to the expulsion and loss of the privileges of tickets” in the issue of “making rude, vulgar comments or gestures or other inappropriate gestures”, “verbal or physical harassment of players, volunteers, officials or spectators”, and “distract a player or any game interruption”, among other infractions.

Since then, Potter has written a letter of apology to Mcilory.

Through 16 holes in the second round of Friday, Mcilroy is tied in third place with five bass for a total of 10 bass.

The players arrive approximately one month before the Masters, an important Mcilory has not yet won to complete the Golf Grand Slam.

He was the leader of 54 holes who entered the final round of the Masters of 2011, but implored in the nine.

The players conclude on Sunday with the number 1 of the world Scottie Scheffler pursuing a mob of three.