Jordan Spieth is not afraid to speak his mind, and on Wednesday at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am that was a great thing. Spieth spoke out against professional autograph seekers and pulled no punches.
Spieth apparently got into an argument with some adults looking for a signature when he was coming off the final hole of his practice round. There were obscenities fired at him by the adults. Spieth was not fired up about that.
"I'm not appreciative of people who travel to benefit off other people's success," said Spieth."I enjoy signing and sign for kids whenever we get the chance. And when these guys have these items that you've already seen online and people ... our team keeps track of that kind of stuff. And these guys that just have bags of stuff to benefit from other people's success when they didn't do anything themselves.
"Go get a job instead of trying to make money off of the stuff that we have been able to do. We like to sign stuff for charity stuff or for kids. If you ask anybody universally, it's the same way. It's just, they frustrate us. And so I turned around and ... one of them dropped an F-bomb in front of three kids, so I felt the need to turn around and tell them that that wasn't right."
It gets better. Trust me. Way better.
"A couple of them were saying, 'You're not Tiger Woods; don't act like you're Tiger.' I mean, it's just like, 'Whatever, guys ... You're still trying to benefit off me, and I'm not even Tiger Woods. So, you know, what's that say about you?"
He continued: "I was just a little frustrated at the end, and I didn't appreciate the language that was used and just some scums that just, it just bothered me."
Woooooo boy! That's some fire from the No. 6 golfer in the world, and I love it.
Go get a job! Scums!
He was not holding back. It is frustrating and at times scary for some of these golfers who are hounded by all manner of crazy folks looking for a signature out on the course. Good on Spieth for calling them out.
As for that, "You're not Tiger," thing? That's true, but he's also not far off.
