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 in the golf community this week after taking a heckler’s phone at Florida's TPC Sawgrass during a practice round ahead of the Players Championship.

The Northern Irishman had a late change of mind on what clubs he wanted to use for last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational - but they were 200 miles away in his South Florida home