Standing behind the 18th tee box with a teammate, Potter watched as McIlroy rinsed his tee shot, and then, as first reported by Golf.com and confirmed by GolfChannel.com, Potter heckled McIlroy with a reference to the 2011 Masters.

Rory McIlroy was interested only in his good start to The Players Championship on Thursday than discussing a heckling incident in which he took the phone of a University of Texas player who had heckled him during a practice round.