JORDAN SPIETH “almost ended a fan’s life” when his golf shot went completely wrong.
Spieth, 31, played at the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club this weekend.
X / Sky SportsJordan Spieth got his shot from the rough all wrong at the Memorial Tournament[/caption]
X / Sky SportsFans had to duck to take emergency cover from the flying ball[/caption]
He finished in T7 on one-under-par, nine adrift of runaway winner Scottie Scheffler.
PGA Championship champ and world No1 Scheffler was immediately congratulated by wife Meredith on the 18th green – and handed his one-year-old son Bennett who had what appeared to be a poo stain on his baby grow.
But it was Spieth who also may have needed a change of underwear after things very nearly went horribly wrong on the very first hole of Sunday’s final round.
The three-time Major winner hit his tee shot well right into the rough.
But his recovery shot out of the thick cut came scarily close to ending in tragedy.
Video footage showed the American lining up the shot in an awkward stance with the ball well above his feet.
And as he makes the connection, the ball hurtled at rapid speed straight towards the large group of golf fans stood behind a rope to his right – rather than heading for the green as intended.
The fans in direct line of the ball were forced to take emergency cover.
The commentator said: “Goodness me. He was full of confidence but never got the connection at all.
“Hopefully everyone is OK. Jordan, what are you doing?”
The terrifying scenes were also filmed from the fans’ view as the ball flew towards the camera.
Thankfully, the spectators somehow managed to get out of harm’s way in time and avoided any serious injuries as Spieth recovered to make par.
But fans took to social media to express their shock and concern about the worrying incident – as fears grow for the safety of the crowd.
One said: “Spieth almost killing a fan on the first hole.”
Another wrote: “This view of Jordan Spieth almost ending a fan’s life is crazy.
“It’s wild that more serious injuries or even deaths don’t happen on tour. Fans have zero fear, even when it’s a tough shot.”
A third added: “Spieth nearly decapitates a fan.”
And a final user commented: “People are way too trusting when trying to get a closer look at pros.
“When Jordan was preparing for the shot I was thinking, those people could be in path of the ball.
“The PGA and tournaments needs to reconsider how position fans on shots like that.”
XA fan’s video footage showed just how scary the moment was[/caption]
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