Rory McIlroy Calls Out Joe LaCava And ‘D—‘ Patrick Cantlay In Explosive Interview

It appears that Rory McIlroy is not yet over his feud with Patrick Cantlay and Joe Lacava from the 2023 Ryder Cup.

McIlroy had to be held back from LaCava following an exchange between the two on the second day of the competition.

Team Europe went on to cruise to victory despite entering the event as the underdog and everyone assumed that was the end of the feud.

But it appears those assumptions were not correct.

Rory McIlroy Is Still Angry With Patrick Cantlay And Joe LaCava

McIlroy and Cantlay have not spoken since the incident. And McIlroy and LaCava won’t be spending Christmas together.

“Joe LaCava used to be a nice guy when he was caddying for Tiger (Woods) and now he’s caddying for that d— he’s turned into an a–,” McIroy told Paul Kimmage of the Irish Indepent. “I still wasn’t in a great headspace.”

McIlroy then said that he immediately spoke to Woods about the incident.

“There was also three texts and two missed calls from Tiger, because they’ve obviously still close,” McIlroy said. “I sent him a quick message: ‘It will be fine – long day – just want to go to bed.’”

But fans shouldn’t worry about McIlroy’s relationship with Cantlay. According to Northern Irishman, it wasn’t any good to begin with.

“Here’s what angered me,” McIlroy said. “My relationship with Cantlay is average at best. We don’t have a ton in common and see the world quite differently.

“But when I saw he was getting stick on the 17th and 18th greens, I tried to quiet the crowd for him. And I don’t think Fitz [Matt Fitzpatrick, his partner] and I were afforded the same opportunity to try and hole those putts to halve the match.

“I shook Joe’s hand, and Patrick’s hand. Those three putts he made on 16, 17 and 18 were fantastic, and under that pressure, to give your team a glimmer of hope going into Sunday was big balls. So all respect to him.

“There was a bit of argy-bargy at the back of the 18th green with Fred Couples and Thomas Bjorn – and that’s fine – but as I’m walking back to the locker room I can feel this red mist coming over me. ‘No! That wasn’t right.”

The Ryder Cup is a heated event. It often leads to heated exchanges.

But the U.S. has also embarrassed itself on foreign soil a number of times now. So maybe, just maybe, settle down with the theatrics until you win something?