Europe do not want the 2018 Ryder Cup crowd in Paris to take revenge for the minority of Hazeltine National fans who misbehaved during the Americans’ 17-11 victory this week, Rory McIlroy has said.

The US galleries meted out plenty of heckling but the world number three and other members of the European camp were at pains to point out that the overwhelming majority of the spectators treated them well at the biennial team event.

“We wouldn’t encourage any sort of retaliation,” McIlroy said. “That’s just not who we are, that’s not what we do.

“We want to play this tournament in the manner in which it should be played. Between us, the 12 players, the vice-captains and the captain, and between the 12 players on the US team, it was played in the manner it should be played.

“We have no problems with anyone, it’s just a very small minority – 95 per cent of the people out there, the American galleries, are absolutely fantastic.”

McIlroy suggested that alcohol was the main reason for the occasional heckling.

“It went a little bit too far but that’s to be expected when you are teeing off at 7:45am, you’re seeing people on the first tee with a beer and matches aren’t finishing until 5:00,” he said.