Jordan Spieth left a Masters patron – believed to his manager – bent over in agony after appearing to flick his putter handle into their private parts.
The bizarre incident came during Sunday’s final round, as Spieth made his way down the walkway between holes at Augusta.
The 2015 champion had his putter in one hand and was fist-bumping patrons with the other.
One grey-haired man held out his arm to greet Spieth, who bumped his fist into their hand and then connected with his putter, too.
The man immediately bent over in pain as Spieth continued to make his way towards the next tee without looking back.
A clip of the incident quickly spread on social media, with some fans even suggesting it was a deliberate move by the former world No 1. But it was soon claimed that the victim was Spieth’s manager, Jay Danzi.
Jordan Spieth left a Masters patron – believed to his manager – bent over in agony
On Saturday, Spieth broke the omerta around the scourge of ‘mud balls’ at the Masters
It’s not the first time this week that Spieth has gone viral over his antics at Augusta. On Saturday, he risked the wrath of club officials by breaking the omerta around the scourge of ‘mud balls’ at the Masters.
While the course appears pristine, the quirk of the grass being mowed in the direction of the tee boxes often causes balls to dig in and become coated in mud.
Spieth carded a third-round 69 to reach one under par, but felt shortchanged by the situation and opted to take the rare step of speaking out.
He said: ‘My iron play killed me the last two days, and to be brutally honest with you, it was primarily mud balls. It’s just so frustrating because you can’t talk about them here. You’re not supposed to talk about them.
‘(But) mud balls can affect this tournament significantly, especially when you get them a lot on 11 and 13. They’re just daggers on those two holes. They’ve done a better job – there’s less than normal, but I still had them today on those holes and yesterday.
‘It’s something to pay attention to for sure for leader groups, because you just have to play so far away from trouble or lay up when you’d normally go for it, just random stuff, because it will affect it significantly.’