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Fan tossed Saturday after crude comment at Rory

A fan was ejected from Hazeltine National Golf Club on Saturday after directing a crude comment at Team Europe star Rory McIlroy.

Fans at Hazeltine couldn't resist heckling McIlroy throughout the day, and while some of it was playful, it grew increasingly nasty as Saturday afternoon four-ball was contested.

After McIlroy made an unlikely birdie on the seventh hole, and punctuated his celebration by turning toward Lake Hazeltine and howling with glee, it got particularly ugly. On the walk to the eighth tee, a good 300 yards up a hill with crowd lining both sides of the ropes, one fan leaned toward the Northern Irishman and screamed "Suck a d---, Rory!