Rory McIlroy swears at heckling fan before having them kicked out of PGA Championship

Rory McIlroy watched his PGA Championship campaign end in a greenside bunker and took out his frustration on a heckler.

The Northern Irishman left himself with a nightmare shot from the rough on 16 and ended up fluffing it into the sand.

One of the Aronimink fans clearly said something that would upset McIlroy, who turned round with a face of thunder.

“Shut the f*** up,” he fumed before pointing out the guilty party with his club.

The perpetrator will presumably have been booted from the course and miss the Sunday finale as Englishman Aaron Rai tries to close out victory.

McIlroy was already three shots off the lead and needed to attack the par-five in order to close the gap.

His approach wasn’t good enough and his short game let him down at the key moment, although the Masters champion managed to tidy up for par.

McIlroy has endured a tricky time with fans Stateside, although the scenes in Philadelphia were nothing like the torrent of abuse he received at the Ryder Cup.

He had one ejected for using a homophobic slur, another two over a bizarre rubber duck incident and his wife Erica Stoll was hit by a drink.

The World No.2 hit out at the pin placements early in the tournament but roared back to life on Saturday.