If there’s one motto LIV Golf has insisted on, it’s “Golf, but Louder.” It’s a pretty inspiring tagline. However, several of the hundreds of thousands of LIV fans have taken it literally. The result is incidents like the Friday at LIV Golf Indianapolis.
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In a video shared by NUCLR Golf, as you can see here, one fan yelled during Lee Westwood’s pre-shot routine. Westwood was playing with partners Bryson DeChambeau and Bubba Watson. When the fan yelled “Bryson, Bryson,” forcing Westwood to step away from his approach shot, Watson decided to take the matter into his own hands.
He stepped up to the fan, confronted him, and stared him down. The video also caught him shouting, “You don’t want to say anything now? Yeah. Say something! I’m looking at you saying.” And what did the fan do?
The heckling problem continues at LIV Golf
Unfortunately, the video shared by NUCLR Golf ended before one could see the punishment faced by the fan. However, when Bubba Watson confronted the fan, they remained mum. It is not known if the fan was removed from the tournament. But this is hardly an isolated incident.
Take the incident involving Thomas Pieters at LIV Golf New York 2026. On the 11th green at Bedminster, a fan screamed, “Get in the hole!” as Pieters was lining up a four‑foot birdie putt. The Belgian professional stopped, turned around in disbelief, and after the ball dropped, sarcastically asked, “Are you alright?”
Back at the 2025 LIV Golf Dallas, Pieters left the course to confront a heckler during R1. The heckler had said some negative words to the eventual winner and his playing partner, Patrick Reed, that Pieters couldn’t take. He ducked under the ropes and confronted the heckler before moving his putter around to illustrate his point.
A month later, Bryson DeChambeau was spotted talking to an official at the LIV Golf UK, saying, “I love the banter up there, but they can’t be saying miss it, they can’t be saying miss it, miss it, miss it.” It is not yet known what the heckler said to raise DeChambeau’s ire. Regardless, one would be at fault to think these moments happen only on LIV Golf.
Just last week, one female fan was caught and carried away by five officers for unruly behavior at the BMW Championship. The fate of that fan isn’t known either. However, aside from that, these incidents are worrying anyway.
LIV Golf intentionally created the “golf, but louder” tagline and branding from its launch in 2022 through the first three seasons to promote its nontraditional, high-energy, and disruptive team-format approach.
When Scott O’Neil replaced controversial figure Greg Norman, he made it “Long LIV Golf” to underscore longevity and excitement. However, that earlier branding and the league’s on-course environments created more party-like galleries. Fans might have liked it, but it also caused some high-profile crowd incidents that crossed the line between atmosphere and interference.
But there’s more to be worried about, too.
While CEO Scott O’Neil promised a lead investor and LIV and the investor have agreed to a deal approved by the board, likely to be signed by September, the uncertainty around the investor’s identity has reportedly frustrated players. Without accurate information, they can’t even decide what steps to take to secure their future.
Bubba Watson, for instance, said of the matter, as per The Telegraph, “We have a player meeting right now, but I’m missing it because I’m in here. All 57 players and they’re talking through it, what it’s going to look like next year. So yeah I have the option. I can quit or I can keep playing.”
Meanwhile, talking about the Indianapolis, Fried Egg Golf’s The Boys (PJ Clark and Joseph LaMagna) have described the event’s environment as “dystopian”.
After security at Chills denied them entry for carrying the wrong passes (per PJ Clark’s tweet), the two appeared on Fried Egg Golf and The Shotgun Start and predicted the league’s likely end. They said there were hardly 300 fans on opening day, following the marquee group of Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, and Lucas Herbert.
“The Boys,” however, acknowledged that the numbers could increase over the weekend. However, the overall on-ground vibe felt like the end of LIV Golf to them. Whether the league survives, Watson standing with Westwood showed that player solidarity still matters.