Tyrrell Hatton disagrees with Keegan Bradley over abuse at Bethpage

Europe's Tyrrell Hatton says he disagrees with Keegan Bradley's assessment of the crowd behaviour during last week's Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. 

A hostile atmosphere was anticipated in New York and, after a reasonably quiet opening day, the abuse erupted on Friday, with Rory McIlroy the primary target. 

McIlroy eventually snapped, telling his hecklers who called out as he addressed his golf ball to "shut the f--- up". 

Extra state troopers were also called in as he played in the afternoon alongside Shane Lowry against Justin Thomas and Cameron Young. 

Footage also emerged of his wife Erica being struck with a drink. McIlroy told reporters he had a "rough week" and the abuse he received was "completely unacceptable". 

Hatton told reporters before the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship that he was targeted over his weight or hairline. 

He also disagreed with Bradley's assessment that the US team were essentially subjected to the same level of abuse two years ago at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Italy. 

"Personally, I don't think they were close at all," Hatton said. "I certainly, with what I heard last week, I don't think Rome comes anywhere near that. 

"To be honest, personally, I don't agree with what they both said there. I don't know what else to add to that. I think they are quite far apart to be honest."

Hatton said some European team members had it worse than others. 

"For me personally, yeah, there was a lot of insults maybe around height or hair line or weight, which - some of which I pretty much said to myself anyway, so it wasn't like anything new."

Hatton said he was proud with how he dealt with his emotions on the course. He is known to run hot, though his frustration is always directed towards himself. 

The Englishman contributed 3.5 points towards Europe's total, even securing the half point necessary in his singles match against Collin Morikawa to win the Cup outright. 

"How I went about last week, I don't feel like I did anything to wind up the crowd to be honest," Hatton said.  

"Like if I celebrated, I celebrated generally towards my teammates or with my caddie. Yeah, that's just how I dealt with everything. 

"And certainly Friday, Saturday, I was really happy with how I managed my emotions on the golf course. I didn't really let anything affect me; even if I hit bad shots, I didn't overly react. 

"I was pretty calm, and as we know that can be difficult for me sometimes."

Hatton said he hopes that future Ryder Cups will be played in a more respectful atmosphere. 

"If it was my choice, and obviously what I say isn't really going to affect how people behave, but I don't really think that the insults is the way forward," he said.  

"I would much prefer it to be a respectful atmosphere; you let the guys play and the best team wins, rather than trying to affect the outcome by trying to putt off players or things like that.

"But I don't think it will be as hostile as maybe as it was last week. I'd like to think that it will be very respectful."

"I was very well behaved"

Footage has already flooded social media of Europe's celebrations. 

Shane Lowry, dressed in a pair of European pyjamas, was spotted dancing on tables and posing in front of that Keegan Bradley quote with the trophy. 

Robert MacIntyre, of course, serenaded his teammates with a rendition of "I'm gonna be" by The Proclaimers on the team bus. 

Hatton said he woke up in his own vomit when he secured his spot in the team after LIV Golf's tournament in Indianapolis. 

But his celebrations were completely different last week. "I think Indy scared me to be honest," Hatton said. 

"So I was very well behaved, which is very boring for you guys to hear. Yeah, also, going into this week, I didn't want to travel feeling horrendous. 

"Last week takes a lot out of you mentally, physically, and yeah, I didn't want to feel that bad. So I was very well behaved."