It turned out the heckler was no ordinary fan; it was collegiate golfer Luke Potter, who was in town for The Hayt Collegiate Tournament. Potter reportedly mentioned McIlroy's 2011 Masters' meltdown ...

A Texas Longhorns golfer attending a practice round at The Players was removed following an incident with Rory McIlroy.

Golf.com reported that University of Texas player Luke Potter had heckled McIlroy, who then took the phone from Potter’s ...

Texas player Luke Potter reportedly took a dig at McIlroy about the 2011 Masters after McIlroy hooked a tee shot into the ...

When practicing for Thursday’s opening round of The Players Championship, a college golfer heckled the four-time major winner ...

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Longhorn golfer Luke Potter took a jab at the PGA Tour great during his practice round and suffered the consequences.

Rory McIlroy snatched a fan’s phone right out of their hands, and the story only gets more interesting from there.

University of Texas golfer Luke Potter was the man involved in a heckling moment with Rory McIlroy during a practice round at the Players Championship, which went viral.

The fan who had his phone taken away by Rory McIlroy was one day removed from the biggest win of his collegiate career at Texas.

Fields indicated that Potter has written letters of apology to several people: McIlroy; PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan; ...