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The actress Heather McMahan spoke of her controversial Ryder A moment that resulted in his resignation as a woman of designated media threshing from the first tee after participating in hostile songs about Rory McILroy.
McMahan left office on Saturday after a video of his participation in songs “F — You, Rory” led by fans circulated on social networks. THE PGA from America Posted a short declaration on Saturday evening confirming that McMahan would not be back for the last day on Sunday.
Heather McMahan at the Vanity Fair 2025 Oscar Day organized by Radhika Jones held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, March 2, 2025. (Christopher Polk / Variety via Getty Images)
“Heather McMahan expressed apology to Rory McILroy and Ryder Cup Europe and left the accommodation of the first Ryder Cup tee.”
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McMahan addressed the situation during her podcast “absolutely not” on Wednesday, where she said that she immediately apologized to McILroy and the Europe team. But she rejected the first reports that she led the songs and added a context on the “toxic” crowds and what finally led to the incident.
“I understand my responsibility in there. However, it’s a bit interesting because I think there must be a context around what exactly happened.”
McMahan said that she was not clear on her role as host of the first tee and that she finally understood it because her job was to “protect” the crowd. After the sessions on Friday, McMahan said that on Saturday had taken a different path.
“We came out at full speed,” she recalls. “The word that I had obtained from the team was that we needed to make everyone excited, exhausted, Team America comes out, we must be so out of control, if at full speed, applaud and songs and bring everyone to really pump the team and advance the energy.”
Captain of Europe Luke Donald and Rory McILroy celebrate after a putt on the 15th hole with the Bethpage Black Golf Race during the Ryder Cup golf tournament, on Saturday September 27, 2025, in Farmingdale, New York. (AP photo / Matt Slocum)
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She said that while the rowdy crowd was making her way early Saturday morning, her entertainment work quickly moved.
“I am hired as an actor, but unfortunately, the concert has somehow transformed into a little more like a courtyard of courtyards, a rally of Pep, a cheerleader, and we were trying to understand it as you go.”
McMahan said that despite leading songs involving the names of American players, she “was hué”.
“These guys don’t want to have anything to do with that. They say to themselves:” It’s New York, we want to become rowdy. “And that’s how it is.
McMahan said that the energy of the crowd was “not the atmosphere”, and even if she repeated the song, she immediately recognized her fault by participating.
Rory McILroy, from Europe, famous after putting the 17th green during the four afternoon bullets on the second day of the Ryder Cup 2025 at Black Race at Bethpage State Park Golf Race in Farmingdale, New York. (Vaughn Ridley / Sportsfile via Getty Images)
“I made the horrible absolute error to tell them once. And if you watch the video, I don’t care, too, like a question mark, like” F — You, Rory? “”
“I will take my full responsibility and I will sincerely apologize to Rory and Team Europe for having said that. It was so stupid on my part. I did not start song. I was just like this story to go out,” she added later.
Black Bethpage Fans was examined for their treatment of Europe’s team players throughout the weekend. McILroy condemned fans’ behavior, adding: “I don’t think we should never accept this in golf.”
“I think golf should be held at a higher level than seen there this week,” he said.
