PGA Tour pro, caddie and fans fuming with unruly spectator at Valspar
PGA Tour pro Hayden Buckley was forced to back off his shot after a fan yelled out on his backswing at the Valspar Championship.
PGA Tour pro Hayden Buckley and his caddie Brian Mahoney were up in arms after a spectator yelled out during Buckley's backswing in the third round of the Valspar Championship.
The incident happened on the par-4 12th.
Buckley came up just shy of the green with his approach shot and he was left with a short chip shot from the left intermediate.
As the American stepped in to play his shot, a fan yelled out just as he took the club back.
Buckley stopped in mid-flow and he and his caddie Mahoney then turned to the unruly spectator in the crowd.
The rest of the crowd then turned on the disorderly fan.
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The incident marked yet another example of shocking behaviour from a spectator during a PGA Tour event.
The worst examples were seen at the WM Phoenix Open earlier this season.
Buckley eventually got up and down for par on the 12th en route to a round of 69.
It moved Buckley to 3-under par for the tournament and seven strokes off the pace currently set by Keith Mitchell, who holed out for an eagle-two on the par-4 18th.
Buckley is ranked 144th in the world and he has yet to win on the PGA Tour.
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