Paul Kimmage meets Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry: the full inside story of ‘roaring and shouting… complete rage’ in the Ryder Cup bust-up
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Rory McIlroy argues with Joe LaCava, caddie of USA's Patrick Cantlay, during the Ryder Cup in Rome. Photo: PA Wire
Let’s start with the photos and the captions on the front pages, because it always means something when sport leads the news, and it happened five times that week here at Independent House.
On the Tuesday it was ‘The Embrace’ as Shane Lowry arrived at the Cavalieri Hotel in Rome ahead of the Ryder Cup.
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