Matt Fitzpatrick threw a jab of his own after being heckled down the stretch at The Players Championship on Sunday.
#CHILDS PLAY — Matt Fitzpatrick RESPONDS after some fans at TPC Sawgrass chanted ‘USA’ and boo’d him on the 18th tee, adding that it was nothing compared to Bethpage at The Ryder Cup.@MattFitzLegion pic.twitter.com/A4ncEOoyux
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Fitzpatrick closed with a 68 but later brushed off any suggestion that the ferociously partisan final day crowd — who had bombarded him with boos and chants of U-S-A! on the 18th tee — had been a factor.
The Englishman contrasted Sunday’s galleries with the bedlam at Bethpage Black last year during the Ryder Cup.
“Listen, the crowd, that was literally child’s play compared to Bethpage,” Fitzpatrick.
“If they think that that was anything, then they need to reassess. Get yourself up to New York.
“That’s how it is. I would hope it’s the exact same – well, it probably wouldn’t be because we’re a little bit more polite in Europe but I would hope it would be of similar intensity in Europe. It’s funny to me. I find it hilarious.”
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