The Waste Management Open could be in jeopardy after the weekend antics from golf fans! What I have witnessed here on the leaked footage from fans doesn’t belong at ANY sporting event, never mind a golf event!

Top players such as Zach Johnson, Jordan Spieth, and other major golfers weigh in on the terrible behavior of fans at the Waste Management Open in Phoenix. Jay Monahan has indicated he may have to cancel the event. Has the huge party atmosphere on the 16th hole that we’ve all come to love just gone too far now?

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I’m going to be honest with you I’m really quite Frank what I saw happen at the waste management over the weekend was an absolute disgrace from fans and I know this is only a small minority but what is going on at a golf tournament in fact let me reiterate this let me change

What I just said what is going on at a sporting event in general what I saw happen on social media and across X at the weekend was an absolute disgrace now I am all for the waste management 16th hole fun party atmosphere it is absolutely what golf needs but has this

Just gone a step too far now I need you to promise me one thing you’re going to listen to what I’ve got to say here I’m going to show you the videos what I found online from players from fans from bystanders about the incidents that have

Gone on over the weekend at the Waste Management Open in Phoenix now once you’ve done this I want you to get down in the comments and just let me know what you think is the waste management good or bad for golf and do we need to

Re it in in some degree I’m going to Cave it I’m going to to say right now I’m all for this but I do think something has to be done cuz if you just look at this right I’m going to start off with this and they get worse as I go

Through I’ve got the screen cords I’ve got all the evidence to go through this so let me know what you think so the first one fans were stopped going into the premises around 2: p.m. on Saturday afternoon because it was too crowded they also briefly stopped alcohol sales

On several locations around the golf course hoping it would slow down the party atmosphere with the larger than usual crowds now we do know that the waste management Pride themselves of being the best party in golf or one of a better phrase the 16th hole is the best

Party in golf and they have for sure nailed that down but what I saw was just absolutely crazy now that’s one of the first times we’ve seen fans in a golf tournament be refused entry and be shuttled back to the car park also stopping serving alcohol we’re at a

Sport event we’re at a golf event this is some of the things that we used to see in the Premier League in the ’90s and if you’re American we sort of in the UK here stop serving alcohol or you can’t take it actually to watch a tournament and sit in your seat

Because they’re worried about this sort of thing happening okay let’s now go into the second one now this is absolutely ridiculous and I had the video for this fans fighting fans fighting and this is ridiculous isn’t it because this is just only happening because we have golfers who are too

Drunk I mean just look at this video two men scrapping other people trying to get involved what is going on now this is probably only one of the fights that we’ve SE scene that people and bystanders have recorded and I found this bit of a thread on X where

Everybody was sort of just posting the facts of what happened but this is just out of order now with every one of these let me know what you think but so far it is not looking good is it we just know too much alcohol causes stupid things

Like this to happen I mean come on a fight now as I said these get a little worse every single time we go now also on social media it showed a few more wild scenes and Pros like Jordan Speed Zack Johnson had some verbal exchanges around heckles on the golf course where

Actually people were doing it a little bit out of order I mean we can see one here from Billy horel yelling at fans to stop heckling golfers in the middle of their shot now I’m all for it like on the 16th a bit of like woo and this but

This wasn’t even on the 16th and this was just stuff that was said was out of order so Billy horel sticking up for a fellow player you can also see here on this video Zack Johnson having a verbal exchange with some fans with the police

Involved now this is just a bit out of order right I keep saying out of order but that’s simply because it really is now one of the players benan said this sh Show now I can’t say that your word but you pretty much know what he said he

Also added to this saying totally out of control on every hole heckling but booing after shots is fine but there are lots of people yelling before hitting I mean I sound like a bit of a golf snob but really come on I mean Billy hell says in one of these in one

Of the um fan videos says come on we’re trying to play our tournament we’re trying to play this is our job here and there has to be a bit of a boundary in this you wouldn’t do this at any other go tournament so why at this one is it

Allowed and I think if you look at it the the way it’s gone the waste management host a great tournament but they’ve let it get a bit more party bit more party bit more party I don’t think this is the Tipping Point this is just the trend of where it’s been going

Because if you’ve got fans who are drinking heavily within the 16th they’re going to take those things outside and we saw that with the fights heckling players players not happy and this is just ridiculous have a look at this one this is a guy rolling down a slope and

People shouting in his face I mean I just know never seen anything like it in my life pouring beer over people and to top it off a fan got on to the 16th hole running through a bunker again these are the things which get people banned at

Football games God my rant is going on and on here isn’t it now if that wasn’t enough an actual fan was spotted and videoed taking a Wii on the side of the golf course not in a urinal no no no no just taking a Wei on his knees

Outside in broad daylight like you got families going there this is oh it gets me so mad now with all these going on we actually have a statement here from the Waste Management Open but before I read that please just get down in the comments right just pause the

Video come back to it and just let me know exactly what you think on all these things and what can actually be done because in my opinion I love the 16th hole but it’s just severely getting out of order so this was their statement as an organization our fans and safety is

Our top priority due to the steady rainfall in Scottsdale this week and it created deteriorating Golf Course conditions we unfortunately had to close the gates at the tournament entrance and stop allowing fans to enter the golf course on Saturday afternoon so I think what they’re doing here is blaming the

Fact that more people were inside because of the bad weather so therefore they were at capacity a lot earlier and more people were drinking because they didn’t want to go out and get wet they go on further to say this the the stadium style course layout at TPC Scottsdale which features large Banks

And crowds to stand and sit were soggy and unusable this pushed patrons who would normally congregate in those areas in high foot traffic areas causing congestion at key points and event key points on the event grounds including the entrance and exits after Consulting with our event partners and officials we

Made a decision to Temporary close the tournament entrance and Al alleviate crowding in those areas in the interest of Public Safety now that’s all well and good I totally get that but we need to address the point of exactly what I found here on X and it’s not just one

It’s not just two it’s not just three it’s probably way more than what I’ve even found but someone we on the side of the golf course fights heckling when it’s not really needed players getting upset if they’re not careful players just won’t play this tournament I think

They’re at a really crucial Point here because fans and players have a great sort of attachment of this tournament because it is fun but has it overstepped the mark thanks so much for watching today’s breaking news story this is one that I guess you can really quite

See really got me absolutely riled up and we probably needed a ridiculous counter the amount of times I’ve said ridiculous in this video but it really is thanks for watching

50 Comments

  1. the players need to band together and tell WM to either correct this tourny or they will refuse to continue play. limit booze and remove any fan who is acting out.

  2. Totally agree the behavior was completely uncalled for. Unfortunately, when you allow crowds to drink and gather closely together, you'll always have a few people thinking it's funny to act like an a**hole. Human nature at its best. The PGA tour is going to have to get WM to take better control of the tournament. Otherwise, you just may see some or all of the pros drop out. Shameful to see such actions at a sport that supposedly defines gentlemenship.

  3. This is all from the Tiger Woods effect. Golf became a NASCAR event when he came on the scene back in the 90's. I had attended the Masters both before Tiger, and after. Totally different experience in a really disgusting way. It's not his fault per se, but he saw it happen too. Heckling almost ALL of the other players whether they were in contention or not.

  4. Its fine to have fun but when things get out of control its time to look at trimming crowds and stopping the drinking.

  5. Anytime there's alcohol and idiots together, you're going to have people act like fucktards and ruin the fun for everyone else.

  6. This tournament and the 16th hole in particular has been heading towards this sort of carnage for years. I think a lot of factors as you have laid out in the video conspired to make things so bad this year. Unfortunately it can be just as bad here. I have been to many Opens over the years but the amount of people at St Andrews for the 150th Open who were simply there to get drunk and who were not interested in watching any golf whilst openly urinating into the gorse bushes was disgusting. And they do this whilst thinking nobody can see them 🤦‍♂️

  7. Its part of the trump era..people making asses of themselves and NO respect for others! Welcome to America!

  8. Bible is true lawlessness in last days it’s time to return to the God of our Father Jesus Christ who is the way the truth and the life for whosoever shall call upon the name of The Lord shall be saved

  9. So I don’t agree with some of this behavior, I am a golfer for 38 yrs. However this is the only sport in the world spectators are expected to be silent. Baseball players hit a ball coming at them at 100mph with 40K people screaming. But I guess other athletes are conditioned for this golfers are not. They are used to silence and still cock it up many times. Pro Golfers need to toughen up. JMO.

  10. You think this is good for golf Alex !? Your words
    This tournament is for pissheads , its been coming for sometime , and the golf media have encouraged this . Now you all don't like what is has become . Get back to golf , and stop telling everyone, that golf needs this type of entertainment!

  11. People behaved like they were attending a party not a golf event and I'm sure if there wasn't as much alcohol then people wouldn't have started fighting and peeing everywhere. I feel bad for the players. It would be like that feeling when you're the only sober and sensible one in a group and just hating it because everyone is making such a fool of themselves. Only worse…

  12. LOL – I predicted this years ago. The PGA deserve it for not stamping down on the behaviour years ago. The Masters shows how to stop this sort of behaviour – before it even starts.

  13. Golf needs out of the box tournaments like this to appeal to the younger crowd otherwise it will die a slow painful death. Only problem is there is always a couple of knuckle draggers that ruin it for the majority. Sounds like the knuckle draggers were out in force at Scottsdale.

  14. Americans obsession with alcohol and sports is stupid. I say it all the time. Sports would never be popular without booze.

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