Golf tournaments blighted by rise in drunken fans and heckling, making it worse for everyone

As Rory McIlroy stood on the tee at Bethpage Black last September, trying to focus on the biggest team event in golf, thousands of fans packed around him.

Some cheered.

Many more jeered.

Earlier, the first tee MC, Heather McMahan, had led a chant of ‘F—k Off, Rory’ on the public address system.

Later, a cup...