Pro golfer Jordan Spieth is fed up with autograph dealers. The 23-year-old two-time major champion was boiling over after he said a spectator at Pebble Beach seeking his autograph cursed him when he didn’t sign during a practice round Wednesday.
Spieth says that while he tries to accommodate autograph seekers, especially kids, he’s come to recognize some of those who are only there to gather autographs they can flip for money.
Jordan Spieth’s autograph vs Spieth’s autograph if he thinks someone is a professional autograph chaser pic.twitter.com/RMRBxmEcML
— GreenJacketAuctions (@BidGreenJacket) February 9, 2017
eBay shows that Jordan Spieth was right to get angry at adult autograph seekers: https://t.co/6u2003hw0N pic.twitter.com/XzGuU6d4bD
— Golf Digest (@GolfDigest) February 9, 2017
Autograph hounds descend on Pebble Beach during the Pebble Beach Pro-Am because the field includes not only golfers but superstar athletes and celebrity entertainers.
Aaron Rodgers and Peyton Manning were just two of the athletes teeing it up. The video below sheds a little light on the crush athletes are up against. While many are collectors, there are others who spend the tournament collecting signatures they can sell.
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