Matt Wallace suffers embarrassing meltdown at Valspar Championship in Florida and tells his caddie to ‘shut the f*** up’ after messing up a shot
Matt Wallace is known for having a temper on the golf course, and he put it on display during the third round of the Valspar Championship in Florida – with footage of the Englishman and his caddie Sam Bernard arguing later going viral.
On the 18th hole of Innisbrook’s Copperhead course in Palm Harbor, Wallace’s ball was on a cart path and the player himself wanted to swing from there – while his caddie thought it’d be best to intervene and try to convince him to reconsider his strategy.
It has been reported that Bernard would’ve preferred for his boss to take a drop to the right of the path, which seemed to have rattled the four-time DP World Tour winner’s rhythm.
Video from NBC’s coverage of the PGA tournament shows Wallace and Bernard in a heated argument after the golfer ended up swinging from the path – but landed his shot short of the green.
In the clip, Wallace appears to tell his bagman: ‘Shut the f*** up and stop trying to get involved… stop trying to get involved’, before handing him his glove and club.
Cameras caught Matt Wallace in a heated exchange with his French caddie Sam Bernard
In the clip, Wallace appears to tell his caddie to ‘shut the f*** up’ after a strategy disagreement
In response, Bernard appears to tell the 32-year-old: ‘I don’t want to be involved’.
Afterwards, analyst Paul Azinger said on the NBC broadcast that the pair ‘should’ve been mic’d up.’
It appears that the duo have put their spat behind them, at least for now, as NBC’s on-course reporter Cara Banks had the chance to catch up with them after the round.
‘I can confirm that the partnership is all well,’ she said. ‘They will be back together [for Sunday’s final round]. Matt was simply frustrated after his bogey on 17 and hitting that errant drive on 18.
‘He was frustrated that Sam questioned whether he or not should take a drop before that second shot.’
Wallace ended up making par and carded a 70. By the end of Sunday, he ranked tied seventh, along with Americans Webb Simpson and Cody Gribble.
American Taylor Moore came out on top, ahead of Jordan Spieth and Tommy Fleetwood, who both finished tied for third. He surged into the mix with a 9-iron to 5 feet for birdie on the 15th hole and a 25-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole, followed by two tough pars for a 4-under 67.
Moore’s win on Sunday was his first-ever on the PGA Tour and was worth $1,458,000. It also moved him to No. 9 in the FedEx Cup standings. Along with the Masters, he gets in the PGA Championship. He moved from No. 103 to just inside the top 50 in the world.
Wallace ended up making par and carded a 70. By the end of Sunday, he ranked tied seventh
American golfer Taylor Moore won the Valspar Championship, his first ever on the PGA Tour
Meanwhile, Wallace’s latest public outburst isn’t the first time that the Englishman has openly showed his frustration while playing competitive golf.
In 2019, the world’s current No. 175 blew up on his former looper Dave McNeil at the BMW International Open, facing much backlash afterwards.
Wallace also buried his putter to the ground while playing the 18th hole at Hillside during the 2019 British Masters.
In 2021, he threw clubs around the Wales Open in Newport.