I’ll follow Novak’s example to handle raucous US crowd

DJOKOVIC WILL BE RORY'S INSPIRATION

- By Michael Scully

RORY McILROY is planning on taking a leaf out of Novak Djokovic’s book to deal with the hostile US fans at the Ryder Cup.

The Masters champion will compete in his eighth Ryder Cup when Team Europe head to Bethpage Black in New York to defend their title later this month.

But Mcllroy is under no illusions that this edition could be the most raucous he has experienced as Europe seek a rare away win — their first since the Miracle at Medinah 13 years ago.

He is looking to 24-time Grand Slam tennis event winner Djokovic for inspiration.

Mcllroy said: “I watched a little bit of Novak Djokovic playing against Taylor Fritz [at the US Open]. It was a very pro-American crowd — he’s been the best at handling that.