Protesters stormed the 18th inexperienced at TPC River Highlands and disrupted the ultimate spherical of the Vacationers Championship.
The incident occurred simply after 4 p.m. ET, simply as the ultimate group of Scottie Scheffler, Tom Kim and Akshay Bhatia arrived on the inexperienced and marked their balls. Kim was dealing with a 10-footer for birdie and a possible playoff with Scheffler, who held a one-shot lead over Kim and had about 26 ft left for his birdie.
CBS announcer Jim Nantz stated he noticed at the very least 4 protesters being detained by police, however not earlier than the protesters set off what seemed to be smoke bombs and dumped white and purple powdery substances on the placing floor. Bhatia needed to transfer his mark away from the powder, which had been declared irregular floor situation.
“They only got here flying down the hill, proper out of the gallery,” Nantz stated.
A video shot by Golfweek’s David Dusek confirmed 5 folks being led away from the inexperienced by police, 4 of them carrying white T-shirts that learn, NO GOLF ON A DEAD PLANET.
Because the protesters had been eliminated, members of the group began chanting, “USA! USA! USA!”
Play was delayed about quarter-hour earlier than resuming with out additional challenge.
Earlier within the day, the beginning of the DP World Tour’s KLM Open within the Netherlands was delayed about two hours due to a bunch known as Extinction Rebel that blocked the doorway to Worldwide Golf Membership in protest of the fossil sponsorship of sports activities. It’s unclear what the Vacationers disrupters had been protesting.
Kim ultimately made his birdie putt to drive further holes with Scheffler. That’s when upkeep employees rushed to work at No. 18, raking the bunkers, blowing away the powdery substance and assessing any additional harm to the inexperienced.
A brand new gap was minimize for the playoff as properly.
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