Brooks Koepka's caddie says Rory McIlroy "went at me" after Joe LaCava bust-up!
Brooks Koepka's caddie Ricky Elliott admits fellow Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy took things out on him too after Ryder Cup argument with Joe LaCava.
Brooks Koepka's caddie Ricky Elliott has revealed to Fred Couples how his fellow Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy took things out on him back at the hotel following his heated argument with Patrick Cantlay's caddie Joe LaCava on the Saturday night at the Ryder Cup.
Couples revealed a number of fresh details about McIlroy's bust-up with LaCava when speaking on PGA Tour Radio this week.
McIlroy had been seen ripping into Justin Thomas' caddie Jim 'Bones' Mackay in the car park following his clash with LaCava on the 18th green.
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But 'Bones' wasn't the only caddie to feel McIlroy's wrath.
Elliott took some heat, too.
Koepka's caddie told vice-captain Couples:
Why did McIlroy get so angry with LaCava at the Ryder Cup?
Man, he is out there for a LONG time.pic.twitter.com/Tqlj2eNucG
— Kyle Porter (@KylePorterCBS) October 1, 2023
LaCava was seen taking off his cap and waving it in the air after his man Cantlay buried a 30-footer for birdie on the 18th hole in their fourballs match alongside Wyndham Clark and against McIlroy and Matt Fitzpatrick.
Only LaCava kept the celebration going longer than necessary, at least in the eyes of McIlroy, who was lining up his own 20-footer to try to force a tied match.
McIlroy and LaCava then clashed.
LISTEN: HERE'S EXACTLY WHAT MCILROY SAID TO LACAVA AS TOLD BY COUPLES
Couples, along with other members of Team USA beside the green, were seen waving their caps at the same time as LaCava.
McIlroy then stepped in to his putt, clearly annoyed by what was playing out around him, and he missed. Fitzpatrick then also missed his own 15-footer, meaning Cantlay and Clark won the match 1up.
WATCH: NEW VIDEO EVIDENCE SHEDS LIGHT AS TO WHY MCILROY GOT SO ANGRY WITH LACAVA AT RYDER CUP
Fred Couples witnessed Patrick Cantlay's birdie bomb Saturday that gave the U.S. the match over Rory McIlroy & Matt Fitzpatrick. We all know what happened afterward.
Fred spoke w/ Joe LaCava & shared his perspective on Tuesday.@fredcouplesgolf | @coachgeorge805 | @RyderCupUSA pic.twitter.com/URx4gdT4h9
— SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio (@SiriusXMPGATOUR) October 4, 2023
There was then another altercation between McIlroy and LaCava upon shaking hands at the back of the green, to which other members of Team Europe got involved including Shane Lowry and vice-captain Thomas Bjorn.
McIlroy then saw red in the car park as he took things out on Jim 'Bones' Mackay, the caddie of Justin Thomas, as he continued to get things off his chest.
Then as we have also found out from Couples, Koepka's caddie Elliott also got some heat.
The waving of the cap celebration from Team USA was a result of all the stick Cantlay had been receiving on the way round the golf course following a Sky Sports report about him choosing not to wear a cap at the Ryder Cup due to not being paid to play.
Cantlay has since hit out at Sky's Jamie Weir for that particular report, citing it "could not be further from the truth".
He said the cap simply did not fit, and that is the only reason for not wearing one.
