MAC RUNS OUT OF GAS

Rory is edged out by the world's best player as the toll tells on Euro talisman in a remarkable final day

- FROM NEIL MCLEMAN AT BETHPAGE BLACK

RORY MCILROY lost his Ryder Cup singles match to Scottie Scheffler last night as the world No.1 avoided becoming the first American to go 0-5.

But by the end of a third day of unrelenting hostility from the crowd, the Northern Irishman just looked like he wanted to go home.

Scheffler took a scrappy encounter between the two best players in the world on the 18th green one-up.

Yet golf etiquette - and sheer human decency - has not been the winner at Bethpage Black this week.

And Europe's top player (above, with Luke Donald) looked worn down by the personal abuse directed at him and his teammates.

It was not quite as bad as Saturday during the Sunday singles but bad enough from a passionate and patriotic crowd.

And Keegan Bradley, who refused to condemn the crowd behaviour on Saturday night, raced across Bethpage Black to question a refereeing decision like a football manager during Justin Rose's defeat.