The shaming and embarrassment was swift and unforgiving.

Nevertheless, since Matt Kuchar made it right with his temporary Mexican caddie, David Giral Ortiz — with a vow last week to pay him the $50,000 he felt he deserved for being on the bag in Kuchar’s November Mayakoba Golf Classic win that netted him nearly $1.3 million — the fallout had quietly faded.

But will this all be forgotten? Or will this incident stay with Kuchar as he moves forward with his career?

Will it affect his sponsors? Will golf fans continue heckle him as some have since news broke of his short-arming Ortiz with a $5,000 payment in the wake of that Mayakoba win?

After the aggressive flurry of social-media outrage and subsequent media coverage of the Kuchar saga, which culminated in the golfer, who’s made nearly $47 million in career tournament earnings, agreeing he’d done a bad thing by initially being cheap, many people want the story to go away.

No one, of course, more than Kuchar. But will it go away? Or will it follow Kuchar?

The Post spoke to a cross-section of sources — including sports law and marketing professionals, PGA Tour caddies, players and some of his sponsors — to ascertain if this story will linger and become part of Kuchar’s legacy.

Though some believe he never totally will live this down, the overriding feeling is that Kuchar, known as one of the good guys on the PGA Tour, is past this now and it will not adversely affect him going forward.

“I don’t think it will stick with him because he didn’t commit a crime, he didn’t cheat, he didn’t undermine the integrity of what he’s known for,’’ said Daniel Wallach, a prominent sports lawyer who heads Wallach Legal in south Florida. “He was just somewhat tight-fisted with his money, like many of us can be at times. He recognized his mistake and he made it right. I just don’t think this is going to damage his brand long-term. Owning up to a mistake is itself a virtue.’’

Joe Favorito, a long-time sports marketing consultant and professor at Columbia University, said he understood the fallout from the Kuchar incident “because it touches on so many areas that are hot-button issues, whether it’s underpaying people as elite athletes and everything going on with the [Mexico] border.

“But at end of the day, honesty is the most important thing,’’ Favorito said. “You can’t lie. If you’re forthright, and especially if you’re a good person — and all indications are that [Kuchar] is not a guy who flaunts things and he tries to do the right things — I think you overcome these thing by trying to do the right thing.”

“The goal is to shorten the news cycle, and although it probably could have been shortened a lot faster if it was handled from the beginning, he did the right thing last week and you move on from there. People, I think, will always bring it up, but I think for where he is going forward, if you are a brand, the Tour, someone who deals with golfers, it looks like he did the right thing and it’s settled.’’

When The Post reached out to Bridgestone Golf, which is Kuchar’s biggest sponsor (he plays their clubs and balls), Dan Murphy, the company CEO, issued this statement:

“For nearly two decades, Matt Kuchar has served as a tremendous ambassador for the Bridgestone brand and the game of Golf. Importantly, it is today, and has always been, Bridgestone Golf’s policy to not involve itself in the personal business dealings of our Tour Team members and their independent support staff.”

Sketchers, another of Kuchar’s most prominent sponsors, did not make anyone from their company available for comment.

One veteran PGA Tour caddie, who requested anonymity, told The Post, “I like the guy, but something like this will stick with him the rest of his life. As time goes on, nobody is going to remember how he made it right in the end, they’re going to remember that’s he’s a cheapskate.’’

The caddie went on to say that by giving Ortiz the $50,000 he felt was fair pay, Kuchar didn’t necessarily make it right, “he made it adequate.’’

“The caddie wanted $50,000 … give him $100,000,’’ he said.

Kuchar’s full-time caddie, John Wood — who didn’t work Mayakoba because Kuchar was a last-minute addition to the field and Wood had a previously planned engagement — came to his boss’ defense on Twitter.

“I don’t understand the need to tear down a guy who has spent his career trying to uphold the game and himself to some pretty high standards,’’ Wood wrote. “Nobody’s perfect. All we can do when a mistake is made is reconsider, apologize and make amends. To crucify for one mistake feels wrong.”

Fellow PGA Tour veteran Zach Johnson also came to Kuchar’s defense on Twitter.

“He has clearly been humbled, but his true heart and character surfaces,” Johnson posted. “A high integrity man is one who owns up to their mistakes, learns from them, asks for forgiveness, and takes the necessary steps to change.’’

Kuchar’s short-changing of Ortiz became public when a PGA Tour journeyman named Tom Gillis caught wind of it and tweaked Kuchar on Twitter when Kuchar was en route to winning the Sony Open in January.

On Jan. 11, Gillis tweeted, in part, “If Kuchar wins this weekend [at the Sony Open] let’s hope he pays his man more than [$3,000] like the last win. Could’ve changed the man’s life.”

“It wasn’t about smearing Matt, it was, ‘That’s wrong, and you should try to make it right.’ ” Gillis told The Detroit News recently. “I sent the tweet out to get the ball rolling, get some steam. One thing led to another. I don’t think Matt’s a bad person. I’m sure he’s done massive amounts of charity that’s not really touched on. I don’t think he should be remembered for this.’’