American golfer Justin Thomas had an abusive fan ejected from the golf course as he went on to win the Honda Classic in Florida, according to a report on Bunkered.
On the way to victory, Thomas was encountered by a problem which he has faced before.
The heckling fan decided to shout out whilst Thomas was on the 16th hole and tied with compatriot Luke List at the top of the leaderboard.
Whilst walking up to take the shot, a spectator shouted: “I hope you hit it in the water!”
Thomas looked back at the fan, held back his anger at that moment and continued playing, but it was when the spectator shouted for the second time that Thomas took action.
The fan shouted another similar thing and when Thomas had identified the culprit, he said to him: “Enjoy your day buddy, you’re done,” before he had him removed from the course.
Thomas complained earlier in the month of spectators constantly shouting abuse towards him and other players and called for some action to be taken against the abusers.
He labelled their behaviour at the Genesis Open as “completely unacceptable” and claims that it affects the performance of the players.
