Shane Lowry says his wife received "dog's abuse" from "drunken idiots" at Ryder Cup

Shane Lowry has revealed his wife was subjected to "dog's abuse" during the final day of the Ryder Cup.

Whilst the culprits were in a small minority, Lowry hit out at the "drunken idiots" that added to a harrowing experience for the European team, who suffered a record 19-9 defeat at Whistling Straits.

Irish golfer Lowry, 34, had provided one of the few bright spots for Team Europe over the first two days when on Saturday, he holed a putt on the last to secure a win for him and partner Tyrrell Hatton against Tony Finau and Harris English.

On Sunday however, he was beaten 4&2 in his singles match with Patrick Cantlay, during which wife Wendy was heckled by a raucous home crowd.

A jubilant Shane Lowry celebrates after winning alongside Tyrrell Hatton (Getty Images)

"I didn't think it was that bad until I asked my wife what it was like for her, and they got dog's abuse going around as well," Lowry said.

"It's not very nice for them to have to listen to it, but that's a small percentage of the crowd.

"They are obviously a home crowd and they are going to be a partisan crowd. Some of the stuff was not very nice. But look, that's just the way it is.

"Some people are idiots, especially when you drink. Nobody turns into a genius with drinking, and that's what they were doing last week. Especially if you were out in the afternoon matches, it was loud."

Despite the difficult circumstances, Lowry appeared to enjoy playing the pantomime villain in his matches, often roaring passionately when he holed putts.

Shane Lowry and wife Wendy Honner pose for a photo at the Team Europe Gala Dinner prior to the Ryder Cup (Getty Images)

"I finished my match on 16 on Sunday and I was walking back down to follow the other groups and I got a huge ovation off the crowd and in the grandstand on 16, that was pretty cool.

'It was hard for us, and as a team it was hard for us to perform our best because you stand up and you hit a three-iron to 10 feet from 250 yards and you don't even get a ripple of applause. You almost get booed for it.

"It's hard, but I tried to take it as best I could. I think I did, I think I performed okay.

"I don't think it's going to be like that in Rome. We will obviously have the home support, but we'll be hopefully winning a bit of a different way."