A hostile and partisan crowd is set to greet McIlroy and the European team at Bethpage Black for the Sept. 26-28 matches as the Americans look to regain the cup two years after losing in Rome.

Rory McIlroy is back in Ireland, with this week’s Irish Open at the K Club outside Dublin offering a rare chance for the reigning Masters champion to stop and reflect. On his childhood, on his lone Irish Open victory and,

Rory McIlroy has had an all-time year. The 36-year-old Northern Irishman jumped out of the gate by winning the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Players Championship before, of course, finally winning the Masters to complete the career Grand Slam.

Before McIlroy won the Masters in April, he reconciled with wife Erica Stoll after filing for divorce and sparking romance rumors with a reporter.

As an eight-time Ryder Cup veteran, Rory McIlory certainly knows the feeling. On Wednesday ahead of the Amgen Irish Open, Team Europe’s elder statesman was asked how he plans to handle the pro-American crowd at Bethpage Black later this month.

McIlroy has been adamant since the winner's press conference in Rome about his desire to claim a Ryder Cup on American soil. The eight-time participant was a member of the last European team to accomplish the feat in 2012 at Medinah, and now, he comes into this Ryder Cup as the most seasoned player on either side.

Rory McIlroy has explained how his caddie, Harry Diamond, helped him set new ambitions as he detailed a timeline for the remainder of his career.

Rory McIlroy returns to action this week at the Amgen Irish Open. It will be the 70th staging of the event, which Masters champion McIlroy won back in 2016. McIlroy has not played since last