{"id":41880,"date":"2026-02-07T04:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T09:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/streamer-suspended-from-pga-tour-for-actions-at-wm-phoenix-open\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T04:17:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T09:17:14","slug":"streamer-suspended-from-pga-tour-for-actions-at-wm-phoenix-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/streamer-suspended-from-pga-tour-for-actions-at-wm-phoenix-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Streamer suspended from PGA Tour for actions at WM Phoenix Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/streamer-suspended-from-pga-tour-for-actions-at-wm-phoenix-open\/#Streamer_Jack_Doherty_suspended_from_PGA_Tour_events\" >Streamer Jack Doherty suspended from PGA Tour events<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/streamer-suspended-from-pga-tour-for-actions-at-wm-phoenix-open\/#Jack_Doherty_criticized_for_his_behavior_at_WM_Phoenix_Open\" >Jack Doherty criticized for his behavior at WM Phoenix Open<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The Waste Management Phoenix Open attracts a different type of golf fan than the typical PGA Tour event.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a place where fans are encouraged to be loud. Please drink a lot, jeer, and support us. It&#8217;s a four-day party on the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Players seem to be really enjoying this event. It&#8217;s something different and a nice distraction from the norm. And the Coliseum&#8217;s 16th hole is a par 3 surrounded by a stadium full of fans, creating an incredible setting.<\/p>\n<p>But sometimes the event can bring out the worst in fans, with an AA streamer being banned from the PGA Tour for his actions at this year&#8217;s event.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>Photo by Justin Edmonds\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Streamer_Jack_Doherty_suspended_from_PGA_Tour_events\"><\/span>Streamer Jack Doherty suspended from PGA Tour events<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Controversial streamer Jack Doherty has been sentenced to a lifetime ban from the PGA Tour for paying a spectator $100 to scream at a player&#8217;s backswing.<\/p>\n<p>Doherty paid a fan to scream during Mackenzie Hughes&#8217; backswing at the Phoenix Open, which understandably angered Hughes and nearby spectators.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Despite Doherty&#8217;s pleas that &#8220;I didn&#8217;t do anything,&#8221; police quickly escorted the two from the premises.<\/p>\n<p>The official then told Dougherty, &#8220;If you come back here before this tournament is over, you&#8217;ll be arrested and we&#8217;ll take care of all the procedures after that. In addition, you&#8217;ll be trespassed from all future PGA Tour tournaments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you show up at a PGA Tour tournament again, you will be arrested. You will be arrested for the time being until we resolve this issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jack_Doherty_criticized_for_his_behavior_at_WM_Phoenix_Open\"><\/span>Jack Doherty criticized for his behavior at WM Phoenix Open<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The PGA Tour was widely praised on social media for its handling of this interaction, but let&#8217;s just say Doherty isn&#8217;t the most popular person on the PGA Tour at this point.<\/p>\n<p>advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Former PGA Tour pro Smiley Kaufman posted to<\/p>\n<p>That was the general consensus against Doherty for trying to sabotage the event.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for Canadian Hughes, who is fighting hard to keep his PGA Tour card this season, he finished the second round under par and is T19th in the tournament.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Waste Management Phoenix Open attracts a different type of golf fan than the typical PGA Tour event. This is a place where fans are encouraged to be loud. Please drink a lot, jeer, and support us. It&#8217;s a four-day party on the PGA Tour. advertisement Players seem to be really enjoying this event. 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