Rory McIlroy continues to sit on the front page of the leaderboard, but TPC Sawgrass still finds ways to put its claws into him at The PLAYERS Championship.

A Texas Longhorns golfer attending a practice round at The Players was removed following an incident with Rory McIlroy.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Rory McIlroy was interested only in his good start to The Players Championship on Thursday than discussing a heckling incident in which he took the phone of a University of Texas player who had heckled him during a practice round.