{"id":1249469,"date":"2024-02-11T20:17:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T20:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/zach-johnson-and-billy-horschel-clash-with-spectators-at-phoenix-open\/"},"modified":"2024-02-11T22:29:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T22:29:22","slug":"zach-johnson-and-billy-horschel-clash-with-spectators-at-phoenix-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/zach-johnson-and-billy-horschel-clash-with-spectators-at-phoenix-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Zach Johnson and Billy Horschel clash with spectators at Phoenix Open"},"content":{"rendered":"
Zach Johnson and Billy Horschel exchanged angry words with spectators as tempers frayed on the final day of the WM Phoenix Open.<\/p>\n
Johnson was filmed remonstrating with fans at TPC Scottsdale and could be heard telling them \u201cI\u2019m sick of it\u201d before demanding they \u201cjust shut up\u201d.<\/p>\n
It was not apparent from the clip, which was posted on social media, what prompted the former US Ryder Cup captain to lose his temper.<\/p>\n
In a separate incident, Horschel was seen remonstrating with a spectator for calling out while one of his playing partners, qualifier Nicolo Galletti, was about to hit a shot.<\/p>\n
\u201cBuddy, when he\u2019s over a shot shut the hell up man,\u201d Horschel shouted.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s trying to hit a damn golf shot here \u2013 it\u2019s our f****** job.\u201d<\/p>\n
The WM Phoenix Open is easily the best attended tournament in golf, but the behaviour of some fans has again attracted more attention than the golf itself.<\/p>\n
One man was arrested after jumping over the ropes and diving into a greenside bunker on the par-three 16th, where he proceeded to perform \u2018snow angels\u2019 in the sand.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tournament officials were forced to shut spectator gates earlier than planned after being overwhelmed by the turnout and sales of alcohol were temporarily halted.<\/a><\/p>\n Former BMW PGA Championship winner Byeong Hun An took to social media to brand the event a \u201cs***show\u201d which was \u201ctotally out of control on every hole\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n He added: \u201cPlayed here multiple times over the years and it was fine until today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The American pair exchanged angry words with onlookers at TPC Scottsdale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1249470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,29],"tags":[2900,9051,7190,143],"class_list":["post-1249469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pga","category-the_tours","tag-billy-horschel","tag-pa-news","tag-wm-phoenix-open","tag-zach-johnson","priority_tax-homepage-slider"],"yoast_head":"\n