When practicing for Thursday’s opening round of The Players Championship, a college golfer heckled the four-time major winner from behind the 18th tee box at the Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., course, with McIlroy later taking matters into his own hands — literally.

Few have the experience of playing the Stadium Course as McIlroy and certainly not three of the players directly ahead of him on the leaderboard.

The PGA Tour star entered this week's Flagship event off the back of a disappointing tied-15th finish at the Arnold Palmer Invitational last weekend, but knows what he must do if he is to achieve succ