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The Ryder Cup and its younger sibling, the Presidents Cup, are moments when golf takes a break from its rigid moral code, allowing its faithful followers to push the boundaries a little further than usual. Yet, they never go so far as to break the sport’s sacrosanct rules. There are things simply not permitted under any circumstances—commandments that were violated once again by American fans this Sunday during the final day of the Presidents Cup at Medinah (Illinois), where they watched their team claim yet another victory in the event—marking their 14th win in 16 editions.

The United States entered the day trailing 10.5 to 7.5 and needed a comeback in the series of 12 singles matches. Captain Brandt Snedeker sent world number one Scottie Scheffler out in one of the early slots. Points were needed early on, and the duel between the Texan and Colombian Nico Echevarría seemed crucial for the home team’s prospects.

Scheffler, results

It was a match that didn’t offer much drama. Scottie pulled ahead on the front nine and arrived at the 14th tee with a three-hole lead. Echevarría was practically down for the count; he needed to win at least three of the remaining five holes. As he began his tee shot, right in the middle of his swing, a group of fans shouted «Go Scottie!»—distracting Nico and causing him to send his ball into the trees to the right of the fairway.

Scheffler immediately intervened, shouting at those responsible: «There’s no place for that!» (“There’s no place for that!”) as he approached them—a sequence captured in full by television cameras. It was an act that does him credit in itself, but he didn’t stop there. Echevarría left his second shot just short of the green, and his approach shot left him with a putt of nearly ten meters for par. He didn’t have to take it, however, as Scheffler conceded the putt, resulting in a halved hole.

“It shows the character of the world number one. He’s someone different. He’s a good person, an incredible guy,” he said later, full of praise. “It makes me want to cry,” said Meredith, Scottie’s wife, visibly moved when she was told what her husband had done. “I don’t want to talk too much about it. There’s simply no place for something like that, and I’ll leave it at that,” she added. A devout Christian, he observes the natural laws of golf as if they were commandments. Ultimately, he would secure the point for the United States anyway, as the team completed a historic comeback with their sporting and spiritual leader truly stepping up to the role.