{"id":405596,"date":"2024-06-23T21:20:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T21:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=405596"},"modified":"2024-06-23T22:05:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T22:05:58","slug":"protesters-force-bizarre-end-to-pga-tour-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=405596","title":{"rendered":"Protesters force bizarre end to PGA Tour tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

P\ufeffeople who appeared to be climate protesters caused a bizarre end to the PGA Tour<\/a>'s Travelers Championship on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

World No.1 Scottie Scheffler<\/a> eventually beat young gun Tom Kim on a playoff hole, but only after their original showdown on the 18th was interrupted by a \ufeffnumber of protesters storming the green and throwing a coloured substance onto the putting surface.<\/p>\n

The intruders were wearing t-shirts that included the phrase "no golf on a dead planet".<\/p>\n

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Police officers swarmed the green and apprehended as many as five people, while Scheffler, Kim and Akshay Bhatia stood waiting for the commotion to end so they could continue playing.<\/p>\n

The rest of the crowd booed the actions of the protesters, who left red powder on the green barely a metre away from the cup.<\/p>\n

\"Climate<\/p>\n

"They've been tackled on the ground, on the green, police\ufeff have responded quickly," CBS commentator Jim Nantz said.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffThey just came flying down the hill out of the gallery."<\/p>\n

TV analyst Mark Dusbabek noted, "it's unfortunate that it's making the players wait like this".<\/p>\n

Fellow commentator Mark Immelman conceded the disruption \ufeffwould have impacted the focus of Scheffler and Kim.<\/p>\n

"As \ufeffa professional athlete you try to visualise and imagine all the different things you might have to go through," Immelman said.<\/p>\n

"I'm not sure this is one of the things you ever conjure up in your mind.\ufeff"<\/p>\n

\"Climate<\/p>\n

The players were given permission to slightly move their ball if the powder impacted their line, which Bhatia did.<\/p>\n

"It is considered an abnormal condition," Dusbabek explained.<\/p>\n

Scheffler held a one-shot lead over 22-year-old Kim but the top men's player in the world then missed his birdie putt, and Kim birdied to send it to a playoff.<\/p>\n

The hole location on the 18th was moved for the playoff to avoid the parts of the green affected by the intruders. <\/p>\n

\ufeffScheffler hit a four again on the 18th while Kim hit an errant approach shot into a bunker and carded a five to hand his opponent the victory.<\/p>\n

\"Tom<\/p>\n

Scheffler and Kim had shared a pizza dinner earlier in the week given they share a birthday – although Scheffler is six years Kim's senior.<\/p>\n

The victory was Scheffler's sixth of the year.\ufeff That's the most in one PGA Tour season since Tiger Woods won six in 2009.<\/p>\n

And Scheffler still has two months to go.<\/p>\n

It was his fourth victory of the year in the PGA Tour's $30 million limited-field, no-cut signature events, earning him a payday of $5.4 million. He also won the Masters and The Players Championship.<\/p>\n

Scheffler closed with a 5-under 65 for a four-day total of 22-under at the TPC River Highlands.<\/p>\n

– with AP\ufeff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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