Ryder Cup legend in a fight with reporter about golfetiquette at US Senior Open

Padraig Harrington was trapped in a furious argument with a TV reporter about golfetiquette.

The heated row took place halfway through the US Senior Open on Friday in the Broadmoor Golf Club.

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Harrington53, continued to smoke if NBC Analyst Roger Maltbie after he had lost his golf ball.

The Ryder Cup The legend seemed to be dissatisfied with the former PGA star because he did not help him to look for it.

A video caught the heated moment in which Harrington hit Maltbie’s course etiquette.

He said, “Never on a golf course stand and look at someone looking for a golf ball.”

Maltbie replied: that is a hard position to take there. “

They then stepped closer together as the argument when the tensions continued to cook.

Harrington added: “You have played gold all your life. You understand.”

But Maltbie did not go off while he answered: “I am not a player.”

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The Irish star‘S Caddy, Ronan Flood, tried to step in to calm the situation with little use.

Eventually the argument fell apart when Harrington was asked for a signature.

Fans had their own opinion about the line when they went to social media.

A posted: “Just like you thought golf could not be less interesting.”

A second wrote: “If the player can see him, he is in the wrong place.”

A third noticed: “That is a strange flex for Maltbie.”

A fourth said: “The relationship between golf and old media dies before our eyes.”

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A fifth joked: “Seeing mother and dad fight like this one is insanely depressing.”

Another added: “What’s going on?”

Harrington’s round Was not influenced by the rogue moment, because he still managed to finish his round with an impressive 67.

He reached six under par and was bound for the management next to Stewart Cink.

Maltbie switched from pro -golf to broadcast in 1991, after having spent 20 years on the track.

He won five tournaments during his time at the PGA Tour.