Golf has often been referred to as the gentleman\u2019s game, but some modern men\u2019s pro players have made headlines for their ungentlemanly moments.<\/p>\n
At this week\u2019s US Open at Shinnecock Hills outside of New York, Joaquin Niemann was charged with a two-shot penalty for throwing a club<\/a> while playing the 6th hole on Friday. That same day, Jon Rahm was caught on a hot mic with a very clear f-bomb<\/a> after the latest in a string of missed putts for par or birdie. Rahm was also seen throwing and kicking his driver<\/a> after a disappointing shot.<\/p>\n These kinds of incidents have<\/a> become more<\/a> commonplace<\/a> in the modern era<\/a> of professional golf, and it\u2019s all leaving Brandel Chamblee feeling wistful for a more gentlemanly time.<\/p>\n \u201cI never saw Jack Nicklaus throw a club,\u201d the golf analyst said during a discussion on Golf Channel. \u201cI never heard him yell an f-bomb. Never heard him yell a profane word on the golf course. When he hit a bad shot, you\u2019d hear him go, \u2018Aw, Jack.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cNever saw Palmer throw a club. Never heard him yell an f-bomb. Same with Tom Watson. Pick your player. Never saw Greg Norman. All those bad losses that Greg Norman had. Never saw him throw a club. Never heard an f-bomb from him. Say what you want about Phil Mickelson. I never saw Phil Mickelson throw a club. Or yell an f-bomb.\u201d<\/p>\n Chamblee then strongly implied that Tiger Woods, for all the positives and success he brought to golf, was an instigator of this more crude behavior on the golf course.<\/p>\n \u201cIt rains F-bombs on the PGA Tour. Clubs get thrown all the time. Tee markers get destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cComposure is a skill, and it\u2019s lazy to throw clubs and it\u2019s lazy to drop F-bombs when you know the whole world is watching.\u201d<\/p>\n Brandel talks about the code of conduct that has been put\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/zvA3OwAbf3<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) June 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cEverybody that\u2019s playing now grew up watching him,\u201d he continued. \u201cThese are Tiger\u2019s progeny, if you will. And it rains f-bombs on the PGA Tour. Clubs get thrown all the time. Tee markers get destroyed. And you\u2019re right, the players got all the power in the world. Nobody reins them in. I always thought you would get fined for profanity on the PGA Tour, but I guess not, because when you watch, it\u2019s just f-bomb after f-bomb after f-bomb. You hear it. Jon Rahm today missed a putt and screamed the f-word as loud as he could.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m no prude. You know, I\u2019ve played golf. I understand how crazy it gets\u2026 Not that I was on TV a lot, and these guys are\u2014 They\u2019re videotaped everywhere now they go, okay? And TV is everywhere, so they have, I would say, a bigger burden than you and I would have had, no doubt about it.<\/p>\n \u201cBut with that burden comes unimaginable wealth. It goes with the scrutiny. And composure is a skill. It\u2019s a skill. And it\u2019s lazy to throw clubs and it\u2019s lazy to drop f-bombs when you know the whole world is watching.\u201d<\/p>\n \ud83c\udf99\ufe0f\ud83d\udd25 Jon Rahm UNLOADS after a poor putt<\/p>\n \u201cF\u2014K OFF!!!!!!!\u201d \ud83e\udee8 @TrackingRahm<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/bHszErTrEh<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) June 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Chamblee then referenced the PGA of America \u201ccode of conduct\u201d<\/a> put in place as a collaboration between the four major championships and the main tours, which spells out \u201cunacceptable behavior\u201d such as audible obscenities and damaging property, with the hope that it will help reinstate a sense of standards for how men\u2019s golfers conduct themselves on the course.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s great that this code of conduct has been passed. It\u2019s great that it\u2019s sending a message to the players. What Sergio did at Augusta National<\/a>, I think that kind of sent a message. I think everybody kind of drew a line in the sand last year at the US Open,\u201d he said. \u201cThese guys have just run amok, and I think it\u2019s great that the code of conduct has been put in place.\u201d<\/p>\n \t