Jordan Spieth Pushes Back At "Scums"

Steve DiMeglio reports from Pebble Beach on Jordan Spieth lashing out at obscenity-dropping, insult-hurling autograph hounds as kids were around.

The incident described by DiMeglio also allowed Spieth to air a grievance shared by most golfers through the years related to adult autograph hounds.

“I'm not appreciative of people who travel to benefit off other people's success,” Spieth said “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, and if you ask anybody universally it's the same way.”

And, the scums quote...

“When you see guys that follow you around the entire round, they're saying afterwards, ‘We're huge fans.’ A lot of other people did follow the entire round and so I want to make sure I sign for them, if I didn't get them out (on the course),” Spieth said. “So 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.”

At the Farmers Insurance Open this year, there was a special kids-only signing area that most players went to, though a surprising number didn't understand it was only for the little guys and gals and skipped it. But it's definitely something more tournaments should be doing. If nothing else, so the kids don't have to rub elbows with scums!