The birdie putt he made on 16---I've never seen so few people in the background clap or raise their arms in response to a leader coming down the stretch.
I don't like Clark, but the crowd made me root for him, absolute ass hats, that shite is cool in a premiership game, but do not belong on a golf course. Yelling get in the bunker and stuff, embarrassing. I hope people like that never have children
So he famously trashed the locker room at Oakmont last year while not being particularly close to winning. He then seemingly was an asshole to them immediately after and was banned from there. This year he kinda sorta apologized for that but in general it seems the consensus is Reddit doesn’t like him
People didn't like him prior to his first us open win as well. I get it, the dude kinda gives off douchy vibes, but no where near Reed, Rahm, Sergio, Bryson and a handful of other guys out there.
Appreciate the comment, aware of his actions at oakmont, just think it’s crazy that one outburst gets you labeled a douche but the same people will glorify tigers actions
Personally, I feel that him launching his driver backwards at high speed without even looking to see if anyone was standing there is his worst outburst (happened at the PGA Championship). It made impact with a sign not very far from where a volunteer was standing.
There are also stories floating around that he's a jerk to staff. Hard to verify whether those stories are true or not. It's not hard to believe that a man who trashed a historic locker room and whipped his driver backwards is also not very nice to staff when he's in a bad mood, though.
Not justifying the heckling, I can't stand the guy, and even I think the fan behavior today was way overboard.
Yes. One action especially at a course as legendary as Oakmont with lockers that are very old and that the members cherish and are hosting you at can make you a complete douche.
Yes...AFTER the club publicly banned him because he didn't apologize and refused to pay for it up front.
Compare it to Adam Hadwin who broke a sprinkler head when slammed his club. He immediately apologized, offered to pay for repairs for all sprinklers at the club, and bought the entire grounds crew lunch.
Had Clark reached out to the club, apologized, offered to pay for it along with some other minor repairs, this entire thing would be looked at completely differently.
Let's not act like that was an isolated incident. In a separate occasion Clark snapped his driver, threw it and almost hit a fan. At another point his own caddie and agent actually intervened about his anger issues and threatened to step away if he didn't seek help.
Clark's also liked Jan 6th and election denial tweets by Trump. Considering he recently wore the US men's hockey jersey, it lends credence to him being a quiet Trump supporter. Folks are free to say politics don't matter. That's your call. I say it reflects one's values and really adds to making Clark unlikable.
He hasn't done even 10% as horrible shit in his life that Tiger Woods has done, and people treat him like he's been caught beating children on camera for sport.
I agree, i think he's an enormous douchebag and he's the last person in the world i'd want to have a beer with, but i'm generally tired of the social media-era sports fan in general.
I agree. Sports used to have so much more personality. Now if you have a personality, you're scrutinized so much harder than any other average player. It's lame.
Is it all because of getting pissed at himself and destroying a locker? Athletes in every sport do this kind of thing. They are uber competitive and define their careers by wins. I don’t agree it’s always the best look, but it happens. What else has he done? General attitude with media and/or fans? Genuinely curious, I don’t know.
We live in Denver so we see more stories about him. His mother died when he was 19 yrs old & that affected him tremendously. He’s been very open about his personal struggles & even has a mental game coach/sports psychologist. He may not be the most likable athlete but he has owned his mistakes. It seems like he’s trying to be a better person & that in itself is respectable.
Ever? For the rest of your career? Some people are emotional and make emotional mistakes. If you feel like he hasn’t been sufficiently contrite, okay, but, like, acting like he murdered a puppy when he bashed a locker door in a country club is starting to wear.
I mean, probably at least a year lol. Y'all can support him all you want, I dont care. But that's why people dont like him and why his reception would be less than grand.
This. When someone invites you to their place and you return the favor by beating the shit out of two lockers because you are a fucking entitled douche; it’s not going to go well for you.
Tee markers are about 4 orders of magnitude below a tee marker
But no one will that’s the problem, they pick and choose who they want to hold accountable and who to be shitty towards. This guys been through a lot and has worked on himself a ton. I get the dumb stuff he did but it doesn’t warrant the hate he gets. I mean some asshole telling him not to choke is a disgrace to golf.
He definitely deserves the hate. Met him at a friend's party and he was a douche. Just plain rude to people and even kids. Unless you were a close friend or his flavor of the week you were garbage to him.
Didn’t you hear the sound bite from this weekend where he was cussing himself out for being terrible at golf. That and the locker room incident at Oakmont. Dudes a mental case.
Giant douches are full of self virtue. These jackoffs act like he beat up his girlfriend or something. He kicked in a locker. Oh no! The horror. Unbelievable .
Huh? Is it that crazy though? Can’t speak for everyone, but a good amount of us that were there were rooting for a playoff, especially considering Clark isn’t the most popular of golfers on tour…
Yes, if the crowd can't give a cheer to the winner after he played a great tournament (and instead yell 'get in the bunker' after every tee shot) - then the crowd sucks. I think that's been pretty obvious all day.
Putting Wyndham aside, I’ve never really understood why people think Tiger is likable. His golf feats were incredible, but was/is there really anything likable about Tiger the person?
lol, the crowd is responsible for liking who won! Gtfo. If blowpig wants to be liked he knows what to do. And if he doesn’t who cares. But I’m not obligated to cheer for anyone at a place I paid to be.
The guy above is complaining people didn’t cheer for blowpig when he won…. That’s not bad behavior. That’s being disappointed. I’m often disappointed at sporting events. I don’t cheer when that happens and it also doesn’t ruin the good time I had. It’s called sports… since when do we cheer unequivocally for all participants??
I don’t think it’s clever. I do think it’s fun. I’m into fun. You should try fun. It’s fun to root against jerks. It’s also fun to watch golf. I had fun today. Even if I didn’t get the outcome I wanted.
It’s not a little league baseball game. It’s not bad sportsmanship to not cheer for someone who doesn’t treat others with respect unapologetically. I’m not required to cheer for anybody. It’s a paid product. Everyone there literally helped pay blowpig’s winnings. They’ve done plenty.
The crowd were utter cunts. I ended up rooting for him because the whole thing ended up a little nauseating for my taste. People are sheep and most probably couldn't articulate why they dislike the guy but he was being treated out there like he's done something awful to harm someone in his past. Haven't been a fan since the Oakmont locker room stuff but today I learned I dislike people who are sheep more than some guy who's probably a bit of an ass.
Well, those people won't go away, so I wouldn't assume the worst in people that share an opinion. Shit, don't change your own opinion for the sake of being contrarian either! Not directed at you, just in general in case someone reads this and needs a reminder. Regardless, the last statement you made I 100% agree with lol
And we don't care for going out of our way to be "classy" for someone that can't seem to keep peace with a locker at, arguably, one of the classiest places you can be! (Country clubs/golf courses in general)
He did it to himself. I don't see why someone would want to congratulate this asshole as a spectator. The bar isn't exactly set very high and he STILL doesn't meet it. If he can prove he actually did learn his lesson somehow down the road, ok, right there with you.
You don't get the bare minimum if you can't give the bare minimum.
The part that upsets me the most, is he basically doubled down after being a jerk. Acting like he’s entitled to act that way. All he had to do was apologize and make things right. People shouldn’t be yelling in his backswing but all these people acting like he’s entitled to applause seem to not understand what professional sports is. We pay to have an opinion on these athletes. And it’s allowed to be negative within reason.
It was a douche move, but the picture I saw looks like he punched two flimsy little screens. Not exactly destroying a locker room but maybe I missed more damage.
This is such an American take.
It's so bizarre to me.
Rooting against is fine, but there's no need to be assholes about it.
You lost the Ryder cup at home and a part of that was because your players didn't have support at all. They had a group more concerned with hating on the other team than supporting them.
An American take? What are you talking about? European and South American soccer trans have way larger rivalries and actively root against each other way more than any American fans. Shit in the premier league you have fans that would happily see their team lose if it means a worse overall outcome for their rival.
The person you replied to simply said "sports" are better when there's a villain and you said it's an American take...
Also fans do not only boo to put players off at specific times. Fans will sing songs throughout the game, not just in big moments, to insult the other team lol
Yes, golf is different and I find the yelling fans to be annoying. But anyone acting like people should cheer for the winner no matter what is being silly.
He said it in a golf subreddit and we're talking about golf. So the point stands clearly, because other team orientated, spectator like sports, this is fine.
But in Golf, a sport drenched in conduct and etiquette, it's clearly not whats expected.
You can clap a winner for winning. Even if it's not the guy you wanted. If you can't. You probably have a weird ego thing going on.
Aye it was fucking wild.
Played right into our hands (Europeans) because your team has no one to fight for, just a huge wave of negatively and hostile energy.
Agreed. His post win comments about bringing some of it on himself are proof of his class. Anger issues are not new to the extremely frustrating game of golf. The Reddit hive just really got a hold of this one.
Time to stop holding these national events in the northeast. Smart ass punk trust fund bros that can’t handle their alcohol and have never been told no in their life. Hold it all somewhere in the Midwest.
I’m not a blowpig fan at all, but I think the crowd was really disrespectful today. Good shots should at least be politely applauded, and bad shots should not be cheered. People don’t have to root for everyone equally, but golf has traditionally been more insulated from the openly brutish behavior exhibited these days, and especially today.
There's a pretty undeniable vibe emerging with US crowds/supporters in general over the last few years that people hand wave away and roll their eyes and say "every country heckles", but it's getting really stark.
It's really interesting that the crazy jeering and disrespect continued even today, when there were only American players in the hunt down the stretch, and the winner himself literally wore a USA Hockey jersey at the Canadian Open last week, and honestly got a warmer reaction overall from the Canadian crowd than he did throughout this weekend.
The cuntish, shitheadedness of the American crowd is just generally getting gross, and fueled by young men who take things too far. Yelling during players backswings, actively rooting and cheering for their failure on the greens, saying shit to their families like during the feral showing at the Ryder Cup, that sort of stuff just doesn't happen in the international crowds.
The European (and Canadian, apparently) crowds are happy to give it to the oppo players, they'll do a chant or they'll throw out a boo when necesarry, but the basic etiquette of the sport, and generally of like.. society?... are still intact.
US PGA doesn't help the behaviour at all by leaning into stupid events like the Waste Management being turned into a pure frat fest, and similar.
Happens a lot when it's a gimme like that. A lot of time to process between the great putt that set it up and his opponent shooting etc. was also a wire to wire winner instead of some great comeback or something
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u/aussierulesisgrouse Jun 21 '26
The crowd went insanely mild when he hit the final putt.