{"id":35995,"date":"2025-03-14T03:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T03:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/14\/rory-mcilroy-answers-the-call-after-a-spot-of-mobile-phone-interference\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T03:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T03:21:08","slug":"rory-mcilroy-answers-the-call-after-a-spot-of-mobile-phone-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/14\/rory-mcilroy-answers-the-call-after-a-spot-of-mobile-phone-interference\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy answers the call after a spot of mobile phone interference"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Northern Irishman round in 67 after clash with spectator<\/li>\n<li>Glover, Spaun and Villegas lead the way at Sawgrass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rory McIlroy opted to let his golf clubs do the talking. A wondrous approach to the 18th, setting up a birdie for an opening round of 67, emphasised the Northern Irishman\u2019s ability to create his own storyline.<\/p>\n<p>Social media descended into typical frenzy in the buildup to this Players Championship after McIlroy was heckled by an aspiring golfer during a practice round at Sawgrass. Video footage showed McIlroy removing the intemperate spectator\u2019s mobile phone beside the 17th tee before the individual in question was ejected by security.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2025\/mar\/14\/rory-mcilroy-answers-the-call-mobile-phone-interference-players-championship-sawgrass\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Irishman round in 67 after clash with spectator Glover, Spaun and Villegas lead the way at Sawgrass Rory McIlroy opted to let his golf clubs do the talking. A wondrous approach to the 18th, setting up a birdie for an opening round of 67, emphasised the Northern Irishman\u2019s ability to create his own storyline. &#8230; <a title=\"Rory McIlroy answers the call after a spot of mobile phone interference\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/14\/rory-mcilroy-answers-the-call-after-a-spot-of-mobile-phone-interference\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Rory McIlroy answers the call after a spot of mobile phone interference\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}