Europe's Ryder Cup captain Mark James said yesterday that teams who incite the crowd should be subject to a new loss-of-hole penalty.

James, whose wife Jane was spat at during the American victory at Brookline two weeks ago, believes golf's governing bodies should not overlook how members of the American team stirred up the fans on the highly-charged final day.

"I think player incitement of the crowd should carry loss of a hole penalty," James said on the eve of the Dunhill Cup, where he is part of the three-man England team.

"A referee walking with the match and seeing crowd incitement should go up to the player and say `you've lost the hole'.

"I don't think there's a place in golf for that sort of stuff - walking 10 yards behind your opponent and fist-pumping to work the crowd up. That's unpleasant and should have no part of any form of golf."

Asked if he thought there was a chance the PGA of America would introduce such a rule, James replied "unlikely" and European number one Colin Montgomerie believes it would be almost impossible to implement.

James added: "Brookline was the worst example of it I've ever seen. We had a bit at Kiawah Island (in 1991) with over-exuberance and some players pumping up the crowds.

"There were apologies and efforts were made to quieten it down after that, but what happened in Boston was 100 times worse.