PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — 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.

Rory McIlroy made waves both online and within the golf community this week after taking a heckler’s phone. A now viral video shared to social media platforms such as X, shows the pro golfer, 35, walking over to someone on the sidelines, asking for their phone and walking away with it at TPC Sawgrass in Florida on Tuesday, March 11.