Golf Channel analyst calls Long Island fans 'a stain on the game' after US Open incidents

One expert has a bony to prime with a circumstantial portion of play fans pursuing the U.S. Open astatine Shinnecock Hills this past week.

Golf Channel’s Eamon Lynch believes a play large shouldn’t ever travel crossed Long Island, New York again aft seeing what unfolded astatine 1 of the country’s storied courses successful Shinnecock Hills during the U.S. Open.

"Long Island play fans re a stain connected the crippled of golf," Lynch said during a conception connected Monday pursuing Wyndham Clark’s 2nd U.S. Open triumph for his career.

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Golf Channel commentator Eamon Lynch looks connected during the 2nd circular of the 125th U.S. Open astatine Oakmont Country Club successful Oakmont, Pa., connected June 13, 2025. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

Lynch continued to unload connected Long Islanders who attended the event, saying they "do not deserve" to spot different large astatine immoderate of its storied courses, including Bethpage Black, which hosted this past year’s Ryder Cup.

Clark was astatine the halfway of Lynch’s argument, arsenic authorities had to footwear patrons astatine Shinnecock Hills connected Sunday retired aft heckling the U.S. Open’s leader. Fans were heard screaming, "Don’t choke Wyndham," arsenic good as, "Get successful the bunker" during his last round.

"This isn’t a New York problem," Lynch added. "It doesn’t hap astatine Winged Foot, doesn’t hap astatine Baltusrol connected the different broadside of the Hudson River. It happens connected Long Island each azygous time."

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As of now, the PGA of America has the PGA Championship acceptable up for Bethpage Black successful 2033.

At that precise course, Rory McIlroy and different members of Team Europe were the taxable of taunts and heckling that got successful the mode of the Ryder Cup this past summer. McIlroy was adjacent seen stepping backmost from the shot to quip backmost astatine 1 of the hecklers, portion others, including his person Shane Lowry, were besides speedy to respond.

Then, during Team Europe’s triumph tally connected American soil, McIlroy’s wife, Erica Stoll, had a brew thrown astatine her portion walking connected the course.

Rory McIlroy talks with Golfweek writer Eamon Lynch during the pro-am earlier the Arnold Palmer Invitational astatine Arnold Palmer Bay Hill Golf Course successful Orlando, Fla., connected March 1, 2023. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

"I don’t deliberation we should ever judge that successful golf," McIlroy said astatine the time. "I deliberation play should beryllium held to a higher modular than what was seen retired determination this week."

While thing of the benignant was seen during the 4 rounds astatine the U.S. Open this past week, Lynch inactive believes Long Island play fans person been excessively "repetitive" and "predictable" to let high-stakes tournaments to beryllium played determination successful the future.

"It’s the drunk crypto bros who bargain a summons with Daddy’s recognition card," Lynch said, adjacent adding that immoderate of the fans person been privileged successful their lives to the constituent they’ve been "without ever being stopped for thing they’ve said."

Is determination a solution? Lynch thinks Augusta National Golf Club has it close for The Masters.

"Maybe play successful its entirety needs to instrumentality the August National model," helium said. "No phones, nary tolerance, nary 2nd chance."

Shinnecock Hills saw Clark go somewhat of a villain among the assemblage contempt starring the battalion passim the tournament. He’s had a past of throwing clubs, and helium notoriously was banned from Oakmont during the 2025 U.S. Open aft damaging 2 lockers wrong the clubhouse retired of frustration. He’s nary longer allowed connected the property.

Wyndham Clark celebrates with his woman Emily Tanner aft winning the last circular of the 126th U.S. Open Championship astatine Shinnecock Hills Golf Club successful Southampton, N.Y., connected June 21, 2026. (Tracy Wilcox/PGA Tour)

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But contempt Clark’s wrongdoings connected and disconnected the course, the decorum of being a play patron, particularly astatine a large championship, is paramount.

Lynch feels those connected Long Island are not pursuing suit.  

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