The caddy of the controversial US star says a fan at the Royal Melbourne golf course took the heckling too far, so he pushed him and exchanged a few expletives.
The caddy of controversial golfer Patrick Reed has admitted to shoving a spectator at the Presidents Cup golf at Royal Melbourne.Fans have been heckling Patrick Reed over cheating accusations from a tournament last weekKarain admitted he also"said a couple things, probably a few expletives"
The American star has received regular booing and general heckling from the crowd since Thursday, overIn a statement to the Fore Play podcast, Kessler Karain responded to reports of a physical altercation at the course on day three of the team event."As a caddy, one of your jobs is to protect your player. And unlike several other sports, in golf fans can get pretty close to athletes," Karain wrote in his statement to the Barstool Sports podcast.
"We have been known for having fun with some good banter, but after hearing several fans in Australia for three days some had taken it too far. And this gentleman was one of them. "Riding on the cart, guy was about three from Patrick and said, 'you f***ing suck'. I got off the cart and shoved him, said a couple things, probably a few expletives."
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