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Some professional athletes are known for having terrible personalities. This golfer is the complete opposite.

Brandon Matthews is not so well known outside of the golfing world. But this story perfectly sums up why golfing fans love him so much.

Matthews is just 25 years old, and while he doesn’t have the name recognition that Tiger Woods has, he sure is talented at golf.

Since becoming a professional golfer in 2016, Matthews has won the Molino Canuelas Championship and ranked highly in a range of other championship tournaments.

But in November 2019, Matthews was so close to winning the Visa Open de Argentina when something shocking happened. He was swinging his club, with the shot in mind, when a spectator made a loud noise.

It caused Matthews to ruin his swing.

The ball veered far from its intended destination, making Matthews lose the sudden-death playoff.

At first, Matthews was pissed off at whoever had caused him to lose this tournament.

“I thought someone had done it intentionally. I was frustrated. Really, I was in shock that that just happened.” – Brandon Matthews.

The golfer went to the locker room to ruminate on the situation. But then the tournament manager, Claudio Rivas, approached him.

He explained what had happened, and it made Matthews completely reconsider his attitude.

The manager said that the spectator who had made the noise had Down syndrome. He was a fan of Matthews who had just become too excited to contain his emotions.

Matthews realized that the spectator must be feeling bad. So he asked the manager to take him to the spectator.

The golfer then introduced himself to the spectator. He proceeded to hug him and sign a glove for him. The spectator knew that he had been forgiven. Not only that, but also Matthews had raised the spectator’s spirits significantly.

“I gave him a hug and I asked him, ‘Hey, are you doing ok? Are you having fun?’ I just wanted to make sure he was enjoying himself, that he had no hard feelings, that he didn’t feel bad about what happened.” – Brandon Matthews.

Matthews may have lost that tournament, but he knew that there were more important things than winning. Clearly, he cares much more about making his fans feel happy than his own personal rankings.

And while Matthews may have lost that tournament, he still performed well enough to qualify for golf tournaments in 2020. The young golfer can clearly see that he has a long future ahead of him. Yes, he was frustrated at losing that one competition. But he also knew that the spectator should not need to feel the brunt of that frustration.

Matthews was able to be so empathetic towards this spectator partially due to his childhood experiences.

As the athlete was growing up, his mother managed group homes. And his best friend’s sister also had Down syndrome, meaning that he personally knew that people with the condition deserve to be treated with respect.

Moments like this can really make or break a person.

Humans naturally get upset when something gets in the way of their personal or professional goals. But it takes a lot of work to look past your personal circumstances and understand that other people deserve to be forgiven.

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Source: Golf Channel