Rory McIlroy: Masters champion swears off hecklers at US PGA Championship

At a crucial moment in the final round of the US PGA Championship Rory McIlroy shouted an expletive at a heckler who distracted him.

The world number two swore as he told the fan to “shut up” and apparently called for security at the Aronimink venue to remove the spectator from the field.

Sunday’s incident was reminiscent of McIlroy’s heated Ryder Cup campaign last year, when he Subject to frequent abuse By US supporters during Bethpage Black’s European conquest.

McIlroy of Northern Ireland, who won his Second Masters in a row and sixth overall at a major last month, finishing at a closed four-under-all with a one-under-par 69 at the US PGA and a tie for seventh at Pennsylvania.

He was five strokes off Victor Haroon Raiwho became the first Englishman to win the event’s Wanamaker Trophy in a century.

The incident with the visitor occurred on the par five of the 16th, where McIlroy went out of the rough into a greenside bunker after heckling during his backswing.

He got to within five feet of the pin with his next shot and sank his par putt, but saw the hole as an opportunity for birdie.

McIlroy said after the round that he would not compete again until the PGA Tour Memorial Tournament in three weeks’ time, with June’s US Open in Shinek a fortnight later.