Rory McIlroy said the abuse from fans at this week’s Ryder Cup “got to me a few times” as disappointed American fans focused their ire on the Northern Irishman during the tournament.“Look, I don’t think we should ever accept that in golf,” McIlroy said Sunday after Europe beat the United States 15-13. “I think golf should be held to a higher standard than what was seen out there this week. Golf has the ability to unite people. Golf teaches you very good life lessons. It teaches you etiquette. … It was a rough week for all of us.“But at the same time, we shut them up by our performance and how we played, and we tried to. I chirped back a few times because it got to me a few times, but we tried to handle everything that came our way with class and poise, and for the most part, I felt like we did that.”While playing with Shane Lowry in the first match of the Saturday afternoon session at Bethpage Black, McIlroy repeatedly had to step away from his golf ball as spectators shouted obscenities and personal insults at the career Grand Slam winner.The PGA of America, which runs the Ryder Cup, and others involved in the match took action. At least 20 police officers were on or around the tee box at No. 10, some of them on bicycles, in an attempt to dissuade spectators. The United States’ Justin Thomas, who was playing with Cameron Young against McIlroy and Lowry, waved down the crowd on every green to make it reasonably quiet for McIlroy and Lowry to putt.