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Rory McIlroy: Fan-less Ryder Cup is 'not a Ryder Cup'

What do you call a Ryder Cup without fans?

"Not a Ryder Cup," said Rory McIlroy.

Speaking during a TaylorMade Golf-sponsored Instagram Live session, the European team stalwart said he'd rather the 2020 matches, set for Sept. 25-27, be postponed until 2021 than be played at Whistling Straits without fans.

“That’s from a European, going to America, knowing that I’m going to get abuse," McIlroy said. "Obviously it would be better for Europeans to play without fans because we wouldn’t deal with some of the stuff that you have to put up with, but at the same time, it wouldn’t be a great spectacle.