re: Why have crowds become more belligerent and vocal at golf tournaments

Make the areas around the tee reserved seating and charge 1k a ticket with terms and conditions that include not being an arse!

Anonymity…it’s been like that T sporting events my entire life. In the past t was impossible to figure out who someone was or get them on film and that encouraged people to say crazy stuff in crowds. Now, even though it’s easy to figure out who people are, they don’t do it. If they just kept a camera on the crowds and used technology to call out the low class clowns, it would all come to a stop. None if this happens at the masters because other patrons will point out the clowns and get them ejected. They need to do this intensely until the culture changes and these idiots stop attending golf tournaments

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Why have crowds become more belligerent and vocal at golf tournaments

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COVID boom/Barstoolification of the sport. It has definitely boosted the value of tournaments like The Masters and The Open for me. I'm also finding myself more often rooting for some EU players over American players to shut the those neanderthals up.

Golf fans have become the absolute worst and it's pretty sad.

It's the Waste Management and US Ryder Cup vibe transferring over to all tournaments.

I don't know what I hate more, the booing of golfers or the "mashed potatoes" shouting guys.

Do the mashed potato guys actually get a laugh from the people around them or do they just awkwardly look around after looking for laughs like it was the coolest thing anyone has ever done?

Alcohol?