When practicing for Thursday’s opening round of The Players Championship, a college golfer heckled the four-time major winner from behind the 18th tee box at the Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., course, with McIlroy later taking matters into his own hands — literally.

After a University of Miami college golf star was embroiled in an incident involving Rory McIlroy, his coach has now spoken out about the matter as he reflected on the student's actions

The first time Mirabel Ting played a competitive round at Augusta National, she took one look at the thousands of patrons gathered around the first tee and went straight to the washroom and started crying.