Spectator ‘Borrows’ Rory McElroy’s Golf Club And Takes Practice Swing

NORTH BERWICK, Scotland (AP) — A spectator was escorted from the course on the Scottish Open on Friday after taking a membership from Rory McIlroy’s bag and taking a couple of swings with it.

The incident befell on the tenth tee, the place McIlroy was ready to get his second spherical underway at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick.

Widely unfold footage on social media confirmed a person stroll on to the tee, take the top cowl off McIlroy’s driver after which seize an iron from the bag. McIlroy, a four-time main winner, was seen wanting on in bemusement.

The man was finally escorted off the tee by a safety guard after handing the membership to McIlroy’s caddie, Harry Diamond.

“At approximately 8am on Friday morning, a spectator entered the tenth tee area,” an announcement from the European Tour learn. “He was quickly escorted from the tee by security personnel and the matter is in the hands of Police Scotland.”

U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas, Nos. 1 and three on this planet, respectively, have been additionally on the tee as enjoying companions of McIlroy. No one was harm within the incident.

David Wilson, a member of close by membership Kilspindie who posted the footage, mentioned in The Scotsman newspaper: “The players laughed it off, saying they knew he wasn’t a golfer when they saw his grip.”

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