Spieth rips into autograph hunters: "scum...go get a job"

Jordan Spieth ripped into professional autograph hunters at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, branding them “scum” and telling them to “go get a job”.

Spieth took exception to adults seeking his autograph as he left the 18^th green, and confronted them after they swore in front of children and abused the two-time major champion.

"I turned around and one of them dropped an F-bomb in front of three kids, so I felt the need to turn around and tell them that that wasn't right," Spieth said.

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"And a couple of them were saying, ‘You're not Tiger Woods, don't act like you're Tiger.' I mean, it's just like, Whatever, guys. You're still trying to benefit off me and I'm not even Tiger Woods. So, you know, what's that say about you?"

"I'm not appreciative of people who travel to benefit off other people's success. And just, we're out here to - 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, we have - 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 or -- and if you ask anybody universally it's the same way, it's just, they frustrate us."

Professional autograph hunters often sell their signed merchandise on Ebay for massive profit. 

Spieth was playing alongside singer Jake Owen, ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and Dustin Johnson.