Speaking to reporters from East Lake Golf Club ahead of this week's Tour Championship, Jon Rahm explained spectators can be overheard discussing gambling "every single round" and "way more often" than anyone not on the course would be able to determine.
"I mean, it's very, very present," he said. "In golf, spectators are very close, and even if they're not directly talking to you, they're close enough to where if they say to their buddy, 'I bet you 10 bucks he's going to miss it,' you hear it."
Max Homa was involved in a verbal dispute with a fan during the third round of the BMW Championship on Saturday when the spectator allegedly yelled "pull it!