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

One expert has a bony to prime pinch a circumstantial region of golf fans pursuing nan U.S. Open astatine Shinnecock Hills this past week.

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

"Long Island play fans re a stain connected nan 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 nan 2nd information of nan 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 nan event, saying they "do not deserve" to spot different awesome astatine immoderate of its storied courses, including Bethpage Black, which hosted this past year’s Ryder Cup.

Clark was astatine nan halfway of Lynch’s argument, arsenic authorities had to footwear patrons astatine Shinnecock Hills connected Sunday retired aft heckling nan U.S. Open’s leader. Fans were heard screaming, "Don’t choke Wyndham," arsenic good as, "Get successful nan 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 nan different broadside of nan Hudson River. It happens connected Long Island each azygous time."

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As of now, nan PGA of America has nan PGA Championship group up for Bethpage Black successful 2033.

At that very course, Rory McIlroy and different members of Team Europe were nan taxable of taunts and heckling that sewage successful nan measurement of nan Ryder Cup this past summer. McIlroy was moreover seen stepping backmost from nan shot to quip backmost astatine 1 of nan hecklers, while others, including his friend 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 while stepping connected nan course.

Rory McIlroy talks pinch Golfweek journalist Eamon Lynch during nan pro-am earlier nan 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 nan time. "I deliberation play should beryllium held to a higher modular than what was seen retired location this week."

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

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

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

"Maybe play successful its entirety needs to return nan August National model," he said. "No phones, nary tolerance, nary 2nd chance."

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

Wyndham Clark celebrates pinch his woman Emily Tanner aft winning nan last information of nan 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 nan course, nan decorum of being a play patron, particularly astatine a awesome championship, is paramount.

Lynch feels those connected Long Island are not pursuing suit.  

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