A member of the gallery at the 16th hole takes a selfie during the second round of the WM Phoenix Open (Ross D. Franklin\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"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":"\nPhoenix Open - Zach Johnson&Billy Horschel clash with spectators<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zach Johnson and Billy Horschel exchanged angry words with spectators as tempers frayed on the final day of the WM Phoenix Open.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/zach-johnson-and-billy-horschel-clash-with-spectators-at-phoenix-open\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zach Johnson and Billy Horschel clash with spectators at Phoenix Open\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zach Johnson and Billy Horschel exchanged angry words with spectators as tempers frayed on the final day of the WM Phoenix Open.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/zach-johnson-and-billy-horschel-clash-with-spectators-at-phoenix-open\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Golf Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-11T20:17:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-11T22:29:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/44th-Ryder-Cup-\u2013-Day-Two-\u2013-Marco-Simone-Golf-and-Country-Club-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1708\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Editorial Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Editorial Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/zach-johnson-and-billy-horschel-clash-with-spectators-at-phoenix-open\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/zach-johnson-and-billy-horschel-clash-with-spectators-at-phoenix-open\/\",\"name\":\"Phoenix Open - 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