Golf fans have condemned Rory McIlroy after he appeared to take a phone from a spectator before storming off at the Players Championship on Wednesday. The Northern-Irishman was taunted by a fan who referenced his infamous 2011 Masters collapse after the golfer hit a tee shot into the water at par three.

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

During Wednesday's practice round, Rory McIlroy took a fan's phone from him and had patron removed, but things got more interesting.