Should he say “Sorry” ? No. Absolutely not!
The man should be allowed to stand-up for himself and be allowed to say how he feels.
…Or have some decided that free speech only applies to others only?

Stuff Jay Townsend – if he can’t take it – he shouldn’t dish it out!

he should let it go over his head and go off and count all his money

Play the ball not the man, he should have attacked his comments and not gone after him personally

Let his golf do the talking

I don’t see the big deal, people have little digs at each other.. It’s human nature get over it. Whats annoying is others throwing in there 2 cents deciding what McIlroy is thinking and what he should do, labeling him a brat etc. It’s just trying to blow up a non event for whatever reason.

If he had been playing 10-15 years and came out with an outburst like this it would be more of an issue.

The lad is only now learning to deal with the immense pressure put on him to be the face of golf in Tigers absence. Getting annoyed after f***ing up and lashing out is not exactly a new phenomenon in young men.

Your headline and question are misleading! Headline is asking was he right to tell the commentator to shut up, whereas your poll question asks should he apologise. Some people will go straight to the poll after reading the headline and answer without reading the question!

For the record, I think he was right to stand up for his caddy, but he needs to learn how to do this and more importantly, how not to do this.

Should he f*ck say sorry. If Townsend wants to criticise his play and/or course management, he should do so without having to resort to snide jibes about “under 10″ tournaments. The chap is #4 in the world FFS!

If you lead with your chin, you can usually expect a smack in the mouth.

That’s what Townsend got, and he didn’t like it. F*ck him.

Northern Ireland population 1.8 million – it’s players have won 3 of the last 6 majors. USA population 307 million – it’s players have won 0 of last 6 majors. Shut up Townsend and well said Rory.

Sure there only media. We all know the media are scum.

He should have remembered that all his comments on twitter are in the public domain. To be honest I don’t see the point in twitter anyway.

“McIlroy, who’s caddy JP Fitzgerald took some slack…”
For crying out loud, all you do is copy stuff off the internets. At least get your basic grammar right!

What a golfer, but he needs to stop moaning last week it was the weather ( I thought he was Irish) this week getting involved with a tv. commentator, What next

I don’t get your apparent and actual fact on the same sentence, but anyway if Rory keeps on twitting knee jerk re actions after someone makes insensitive comments he will end up losing his place on the top of the pile quite quickly. Come on Rory we know your better than that do your talking on the course that’s what got you there.

If the comentator posted on twitter then Rory was well within his right to tweet back, the other guy should apologise for being an ass!!!Go Rory, down with the begrudgers