US Open 2021: Random fan sneaks onto Torrey Pines and takes a few swings in the fairway, actually has a pretty nice swing

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We saw it all during the final day at Torrey Pines. Implosions. Fireworks. A ball in a tree and a Bryson DeChambeau quadruple-bogey. But perhaps the weirdest and wildest highlight of the afternoon was the one you didn’t see (a running theme with the TV coverage, it seems).

With DeChambeau and Scottie Scheffler’s group having just teed off on the par-5 13th, a barefoot fan in a rainbow cape leapt inside the ropes and went running down the middle of the fairway, club in hand. Pulling his own golf balls from his pocket, he aimed left and let fly. To the surprise of just about everybody, the rogue contender actually had a pretty damn good swing.

Thankful to @beemerpga for doing the lord’s work videoing the 13th hole nutter at the US Open pic.twitter.com/xoUzWcQwr3

— Amanda Rose (@amandagolf59) June 20, 2021

https://twitter.com/JPS5272/status/1406744874637012996

Of course, you’re not allowed to bring your own sticks to the US Open, and thus security was quickly on the scene to subdue the intruder.

Here’s a distant shot of the course intruder who’s gotten tackled and is now pinned down on the 13th fairway pic.twitter.com/8vaMwdrKwC

— Jay Busbee (@jaybusbee) June 20, 2021

The “unruly gentleman”, as ‘Bones’ McKay referred to him, is allegedly YouTuber Connor Murphy, who burned his way into the golf consciousness when he wore a rainbow ensemble and fired a 108 at a Korn Ferry Tour qualifier in April. There he proclaimed that he was going to “win the US Open!”. As it turns out he didn’t – in fact, nobody seemed especially eager down the stretch – but he left his mark all the same. After the distraction, DeChambeau double-bogeyed the hole, leaving his US Open defence on life support.

 

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