Rory Mcllroy thinks golf’s latest feud could benefit his European Ryder Cup team.

The four-time major champion weighed in on the internet-obsessed feud between fellow golfers Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau while at Torrey Pines ahead of this week’s US Open.

While he is not sure the ongoing rift benefits the game of golf — as Koepka contends — McIlroy does think it’ll certainly carry significant weight this fall at the Ryder Cup.

“100 percent!” a laughing McIlroy told Taylor Zarzour on SiriusXM’s PGA TOUR Radio Wednesday, when asked if he thinks the duo’s feud helps the European team’s chances in the September competition.

“Yeah, I’m sure [Steve] Stricker will straighten them out before they get to Whistling Straits,” he said about the U.S. Ryder Cup team captain.

The 43rd Ryder Cup, which was scheduled to be played a year ago, was postponed due to COVID-19. The matches, between the top 12 players from the U.S. and Europe, will be played in late September. Koepka and DeChambeau will be on the American squad, while McIlroy will be one of the leaders on the upstart European team.

McIlroy did admit the Koepka-DeChambeau drama “is certainly attracting more eyeballs on social media,” as well as attracting more viewers and fans to the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, where Koepka and DeChambeau are both competing.

Koepka said last week he thinks his feud with DeChambeau is beneficial for the sport.

“I think it’s good for the game. I really do,” Koepka told reporters last Wednesday ahead of the Palmetto Championship at Congaree. “The fact that golf’s on pretty much every news outlet for about two weeks pretty consistently, I think that’s a good thing. It’s growing the game.”

Koepka went on to explain why the feud is “getting golf in front of people.”

“You know, the younger generation … I get the traditionalists who don’t agree with it. I understand that,” he said. “But I think to grow the game you’ve got to reach out to the younger generation, and I think that’s what — I don’t want to say that’s what this is, but it’s reaching out to a whole bunch of people.”

Koepka and DeChambeau’s longstanding feud, which dates back to 2019, reignited in May when a leaked video showed Koepka becoming visibly frustrated after hearing DeChambeau’s voice in the background of an interview.

“Christ. I f–kin’ lost my train of thought hearing that bulls–t. F–kin’ Christ,” Koepka said at the time, before having to re-shoot the interview question he was initially asked.