Spieth tees off on autograph hounds

Jordan Spieth wants professional autograph seekers to get a real job.

The golf superstar lashed out against a pack of feisty autograph scavengers at Pebble Beach on Wednesday, prompting a press conference rant in which Spieth described them as “scums.”

After finishing his practice round, Spieth, 23, walked off the 18th green and started signing autographs for a few young fans in the gallery. But Spieth heard complaints from a few adults, who were cursing in front of children. He labeled the group as professional autograph collectors who sell their signed collectibles online for profit.

“So I turned around and one of them dropped an fbomb in front of three kids, so I felt the need to turn around and tell them that that wasn’t right,” Spieth said. “And a couple of them were saying, ‘You’re not Tiger Woods, don’t act like you’re Tiger.’ I mean, it’s just like, ‘Whatever, guys. You’re still trying to benefit off me and I’m not even Tiger Woods.”

Spieth went on to say he doesn’t have time to argue with people who “benefit off of other people’s success.” He said he enjoys signing, especially for kids, but he has a stern warning for future autograph seekers.

“Our team keeps track of that kind of stuff,” Spieth said. “These guys just have bags of stuff to benefit from other people’s success when they didn’t do anything themselves. Go get a job instead of trying make money off of things we’ve been able to do.”

Spieth, even though he missed four putts inside 6 feet on the bumpy greens, was at 3-under par with two holes to play in the opening round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which was suspended because of rain.

Seung-Yul Noh, Joel Dahmen and Rick Lamb each shot a 4-under 68 a to share the lead