GOLF SHOWDOWN'S IN DOUBT: LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE NOISE

Rory wants to scrap Ryder Cup if crowds can’t get in

- MICHAEL GANNON

RORY McILROY reckons the Ryder Cup will be shelved this year – because players do not want a bun fight without fans there to see it.

The world No.1 is to lead Europe’s defence of the trophy at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin in September.

The clash is still on the schedule but it is expected to be shifted – or even played behind closed doors – with the Masters, US Open plus US PGA all moved to later in the year and The Open cancelled. McIlroy is not interested in scrapping with the Yanks without galleries and believes it is only a matter of time before the call is made to delay until 2021.

The 31-year-old said: “My personal hunch is I don’t see how it is going to happen, so I do not think that it will happen.