Angry Gary Player makes a strong complaint about one thing that ‘selfish’ modern-day golfers do

“He was like me. He’d go up and talk to people just on an airplane or in an airport anywhere. We never ever turned down signing autographs, and neither did Jack.

“A lot of these young players today, I want to tell you, it’s a pain to get an autograph from them.

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“They think they’re doing you a big favor.

“Funnily enough, I was, before I took this call, signing at least 500 to a thousand autographs, and it’s such a pleasure to do it for people. Because the amateur is the heart of the game, and these people are our fans.

“They give us the love, and the greatest word that exists in any book is love, and so we have got to reciprocate and return it.

“It just amazes me how selfish some of the athletes are today in that regard.”

Unfair criticism from Gary Player

That seems like a slight generalization from Mr. Player.

Plenty of golfers spend hours signing autographs after their rounds, namely Bryson DeChambeau and Jordan Spieth.

As Player said, it’s vitally important for the best golfers in the world to spend time giving back to the fans.

Without the fans, and the interest they provide, the top golfers in the world today wouldn’t be earning a tenth of the money that they are currently earning.

In fairness to most of the big-name stars, they realize that as well.

Gary Player’s criticism of the biggest stars in the current game was unfair to say the least in my opinion.