Bryson DeChambeau - © Jacob Gralton via Wikimedia Commons - Creative Commons License

Golf, known and recognized as a gentleman's sport, has been on the PGA Tour for some time.

After a year without an audience during the 2019-2020 season, spectators have returned to the PGA Tour and some with some animosity towards the players.

Although chambering is a common practice during the famous Ryder Cup, the practice is rarer during regular tournaments.

In recent years, we have seen more and more rivalries between certain players, whether for sporting or extra-sporting reasons. Press conferences and interviews sometimes give rise to shocking statements from certain players that the media hasten to relay. In addition, with the presence of a large part of the players on social networks, access to information, their living environment or their opinion is very easy for the fans. Some supporters take advantage of tournaments to support their favorite player, but also to destabilize players they appreciate less.

The most recent event took place during the BMW Championship when a fan called out Bryson DeChambeau after his lost playoff by throwing "Good Job Brooksie!" », Name which the fans of Brooks Koepka have fun giving to DeChambeau.

Indeed, the two men no longer hide their differences and the American public takes the opportunity as here to bring Bryson DeChambeau out of its hinges.

Jay Monahan the day after this altercation wants to take strong measures and preserve the image of the circuit.

For him, being a spectator of such an event is a chance, he explains even just after the tournament: “You have to think about what it means to be a spectator of a golf tournament and to be happy to attend a PGA Tour event”.

Even though this event concerned Bryson DeChambeau, similar events had already occurred during the 2019 edition of the PGA Championship among others.

Brooks Koepka was crowned in front of Dustin Johnson, and the New York audience gave Koepka a hard time on the final lap, when Dustin sounded the charge. The two men since the Ryder Cup 2018 were on the cold and the public on the Bethpage course had made it clear which player was their favorite. That didn't stop the West Palm Beach native from winning his second USPGA in a row.

What is certain is that the authorities of the PGA are not followers of these practices and that it is now in their desire to enforce the etiquette of our sport, inside and outside the ropes, and as Jay Monahan said, to make sure to keep the "respect".

Baptist Laurensou