{"id":15380,"date":"2025-04-13T02:47:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T02:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/15380\/"},"modified":"2025-04-13T02:47:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T02:47:12","slug":"nick-faldo-says-masters-should-ban-fan-habit-that-almost-derailed-majestic-tiger-woods-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/15380\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Faldo says Masters should ban fan habit that almost derailed majestic Tiger Woods shot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tradition and beauty go hand-in-hand at The Masters.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Screaming two words that have nothing to do with golf appears to go against everything that makes Augusta National Golf Club so unique<\/a>, while also breaking a course rule<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Nick Faldo loves The Masters but would change one big thingCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

But if you’ve watched golf in recent years, fans randomly shouting over-the-top things has increasingly become common place.<\/p>\n

Nick Faldo<\/a>, who won three Masters, hopes that golf’s most prestigious tournament gets rid of a certain phrase.<\/p>\n

“I think they should ban when they scream smashed potato,” Faldo, an analyst for Sky Sports’ coverage of The Masters<\/a>, exclusively told talkSPORT.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“But there’s security in the crowd. And if you get a little carried away, you’ll get a little,\u00a0‘Please respect.’ “<\/p>\n

While the six-time major winner referred to the scream as ‘smashed potato,’ the generally recognized term is best known as ‘mashed potatoes.’<\/p>\n

And it is screamed with pure fire when a golfer hits a tee shot.<\/p>\n

“Mashed potatoes guy and Baba Booey guy should be escorted out in handcuffs,” a fan tweeted. <\/p>\n

“Anyone yelling like that at a golf event should be kicked out,” a second fan posted. <\/p>\n

“It\u2019s the equivalent of asking a band to play Free Bird,” a third fan wrote. <\/p>\n

“In no particular order, mashed potatoes, get in the hole, Baba Booey, and sweep the leg Johnny — ban them all,” a fourth fan said. “All should come with a two-strike warning. First strike is a year long ban. Second strike is a lifetime ban.”<\/p>\n

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‘Mashed potato’ was shouted as Tiger Woods blasted a shot in 2011Credit: tiktok@golf_productions\"Fans<\/a><\/p>\n

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Fans are forced to stand behind the ropes and stay off the grass at AugustaCredit: Getty\"But<\/a><\/p>\n

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But it’s still easy to shout something and appear on TVCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

The two-word scream that Faldo can’t stand appears to have originated in the golf world in 2011.<\/p>\n

The fact that it involved Tiger Woods<\/a> only helped the popularity of the supremely odd phrase, which randomly returns on social media and often goes viral.<\/p>\n

Woods nailed a tee shot at the 2011 Chevron World Challenge.<\/p>\n

As his club struck the ball, a classic ‘ping’ sound could be heard on TV.<\/p>\n

“Oh, this is a beauty,” an announcer said. <\/p>\n

“There’s the stinger,” a second announcer followed. <\/p>\n

Seconds later, ‘Mashed potatoes!’ was shouted.<\/p>\n

“What was that?” an announcer asked.<\/p>\n

“Did somebody scream, ‘Mashed potatoes?’ “<\/p>\n

Many fans hated it. <\/p>\n

“Shouting stupid things is what it\u2019s all about for them,” one fan posted. “The golf is merely a sound stage. They\u2019re not fans, they\u2019re morons.”<\/p>\n

Others loved it.<\/p>\n

Nick Faldo picks his Masters favorite and \u2018puts a tenner\u2019 on dark horse winner<\/p>\n

“I can’t stop watching this video LOL,” a fan wrote. <\/p>\n

“Best laugh I’ve had in a while. LOL Mashed Potatoes!!!!!!!!” a second fan posted.<\/p>\n

The Masters has a unique set of rules, which includes not being allowed to run or sit on the grass<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Where’d you ever hear of a golf tournament where you can’t sit on the grass?” said Bob Bubka, talkSPORT’s voice of golf. <\/p>\n

“No sitting allowed at\u00a0The Masters\u00a0on the grass.”<\/p>\n

While Faldo would prefer for the ‘smashed potato’ scream to be banned, he was filled with overall praise for a secretive tournament <\/a>that dates back to 1934. <\/p>\n

“Some things they do\u00a0so well, which I absolutely love,” Faldo said. <\/p>\n

“It’s just basically the players inside the ropes — it’s you and your caddie. I mean, the still photographers have to go to zones, they’re not actually inside the ropes.<\/p>\n

“There’s no\u00a0advertising boards. It’s just a beautiful golf course.\u00a0It’s pristine from wall to wall. The outer walls that you don’t see — I’ve toured with obviously television driving around — you don’t see a wire, a piece of litter.\u00a0I mean, it’s at zero. <\/p>\n

“You will not see anything out of place, which I think is astonishing, fantastic.”<\/p>\n

Except for someone potentially screaming ‘mashed potatoes’ among the brightly colored azaleas and perfectly trimmed green grass. <\/p>\n

The 2025 Masters runs through Sunday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tradition and beauty go hand-in-hand at The Masters. Screaming two words that have nothing to do with golf…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[10533,4502,10534,2826,10535,4505,10525,10526,10527,10523,10524,10530,4287,4288,10528,10529,182,79,4297,4320,16,15,359,416,10531,10532],"class_list":{"0":"post-15380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-cut-day","9":"tag-fans","10":"tag-final-round","11":"tag-golf","12":"tag-leaderboard","13":"tag-liv","14":"tag-major","15":"tag-mashed-potato","16":"tag-mashed-potatoes","17":"tag-nick-faldo","18":"tag-pga","19":"tag-phrase","20":"tag-rory-mcilroy","21":"tag-scottie-scheffler","22":"tag-scream","23":"tag-shout","24":"tag-social-media","25":"tag-sports","26":"tag-the-masters","27":"tag-tiger-woods","28":"tag-uk","29":"tag-united-kingdom","30":"tag-video","31":"tag-viral","32":"tag-why-do-fans-shout-mashed-potato","33":"tag-why-do-golf-fans-scream-mashed-potatoes"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114328374104488544","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}