Yes, there wasn’t much Jordan Spieth could do after he fell 10 strokes behind Rory McIlroy, but isn’t golf about hitting ba–s anyway? It seems the former stayed focused on that thought and tried to get in more shots, even in between actual golf shots! What are we talking about? Well, in the latest video posted by NUCLR Golf on X, it seems like while going for his tee time for the final round, Spieth was seen fist-bumping and handshaking the patrons for good luck, but what seemed like a normal interaction turned into something that would be discussed more than his Masters performance!

The video captured Spieth hitting a fan in the crotch with his club. “🥜🏌️‍♂️ Jordan Spieth tags someone in the n**s with his club 😲,” wrote NUCLR Golf on X, and well, as one would expect, fans on the internet started losing their collective minds over it. The man who got hit bent over, possibly in surprise or pain, while the golfer walked away with a smile. But this is not the golfer’s only antic at the Masters. What else did he do?

When asked about his performance, Spieth had blamed mud balls. “My iron play killed me the last two days, and to be brutally honest with you, it was primarily mud balls. It’s just so frustrating because you can’t talk about them here. You’re not supposed to talk about them.” While the course may look clear, if the grass is mowed in the direction of the tee boxes, it results in the golf balls digging in and becoming muddy. But coming back to the golfer’s incident with the patron, it also reminded us of a 2017 incident.

You see, the golfer had won the British Open, and post that, he playfully hit his caddie in the nether regions.

However, there is a golfer who had an unfortunate incident in 2013. Back then, Chi-Chi Rodriguez was filming Golf Channel’s Big Break NFL and attempted to hit a glass pane as part of a challenge, but things didn’t go as planned. Instead of hitting the glass, Chi-Chi’s ball ricocheted off in an unfortunate direction, hitting him in the crotch—a moment that was certainly uncomfortable, but thankfully he escaped without injury.

It was a close call for everyone involved, especially Chi-Chi, but in Spieth’s case, it was at the expense of a patron, and the internet claims it could have been Spieth’s manager, Jay Danzi.

Golf fans are divided over Jordan Spieth’s actions at Augusta National!

Golf fans are simple creatures, but when it comes to voicing their thoughts, they never back down. “This must be investigated,” mentioned one fan, in line with the decorum that is followed at the Masters. However, many were speculating that the golfer probably knew the man who got hit by him. “He definitely knows that guy 😂”, one wrote while the other quipped, “Cleary a friend.”

While that does sound like a likely scenario, nothing as such has been specified by the golfer yet.

Others found it super funny and wrote, “Lmfao that’s a knee slapper lol 😆”, and, “I hope he goes back and signs balls for him!” Well, we don’t know about signing golf balls, but Spieth has indeed made up for the mishaps he’s had on the course. Last year, during the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, Spieth’s ball bounced off a fan’s elbow back into the fairway after the fan was hit by the ball and got a golf-ball-sized welt, and in a classy move, Spieth gifted the fan a signed golf ball and a $20 bill, saying “Beers on me” after the incident.

Speaking of signing golf balls, did you know there is a man out there who holds the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of autographed golf balls? By 2016, Joe Galiardi owned 425 signed golf balls, a collection that began after a 1989 encounter with Arnold Palmer, which sparked a lifelong passion for gathering celebrity signatures on golf balls.

Now in his 80s, Galiardi is not only a dedicated collector but also a generous giver, having donated profits from his 2009 book “Hooked on Autographs” to the Walter Reed Society.

But coming back to Spieth, do you think his hit was intentional? Let us know in the comments below.