Matt Wallace ripped to shreds by golf social media after shocking actions in Dubai
Matt Wallace on full blast by golf social media after he was seen smashing the turf in disgust during the final round of the DP World Tour Championship.
Matt Wallace has come under fire by golf social media after footage showed him hurl his iron into the turf after an errant approach shot into the par-5 14th during the final round of the DP World Tour Championship on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates.
Wallace, 34, missed the fairway on the par-5 14th and was forced to lay up.
The fiery Englishman was left with 177 yards to the pin.
After a little club twirl to suggest he liked it, Wallace's ball came up short left in the greenside bunker.
Sky Sports Golf's Dame Laura Davies initially said: "He's completely misjudged that, yeah I don't blame him..."
But then Davies quickly realised Wallace and his caddie Jamie Lane were both walking on without repairing the hefty chunk of turf that Wallace had just taken out of the pristine Earth Course.
"Well he should repair that, it's not very nice to leave that."
Sky Sports Golf's Nick Dougherty was then heard saying: "Ohhhh Matt...."
Whether Wallace or Lane indeed went back to repair the significant damage to the fairway remains to be seen, but judging by the video they both walked ahead without giving it any attention.
Wallace, a five-time DP World Tour winner, went on to make a bogey-six on the 14th hole en route to closing with a 71.
He finished the week on 8-under par for the tournament in T11.
The video appeared to irk a large number of golf fans who were stunned by Wallace's actions.
Scroll below to check out a selection of golf fan comments...
This is really bad, repair the damage FFS. Could cost someone the tournament and he would be raging if it happened to him. So much of the good will for how he’s improved his attitude undone and all he had to do was repair it.
Should be fined for ungentlemanly conduct. Imagine that in a Ryder Cup.
Shocking behaviour not repairing that.
Fine him or DQ, that's mad.
What's the matter with him and Hatton?
Horrible behaviour.
Imagine leaving a divot like that and not even replacing it, or his caddie, utter disgrace.
Wallace's tantrum came 24 hours after his compatriot Tyrrell Hatton was hammered by both Sky Sports Golf's Ewen Murray and Paul McGinley.
Hatton dropped multiple expletives, slammed his putter on the green and inexplicably snapped his iron, which also happened on the par-5 14th hole.
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Despite both Hatton and Wallace's temper tantrums over the weekend, the English duo find themselves sitting pretty on the European Ryder Cup standings heading into 2025.
Hatton currently leads the points race, with Wallace in third.
It will likely prove a difficult task for Hatton to remain in the top spot next season given he will return to LIV Golf in February.
But Hatton has made it clear he intends to play in as many DP World Tour events in 2025 as possible in order to make it into the Ryder Cup without requiring a captain's pick.
Rasmus Hojgaard, Rory McIlroy, Paul Waring and Niklas Norgaard currently make up the top six as it stands, but there is of course a long way to go until the automatics are determined in September 2025.
The top six in the standings will automatically qualify for Luke Donald's European Ryder Cup team.
Donald will then have six picks.
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