A volunteer at the Ryder Cup inadvertently prevented a disastrous shot from Justin Thomas in the Friday morning foursome action from Bethpage Black.
Thomas pulled his 3-wood for his second shot at the par-5 13th hole at the course after a strong drive from playing partner Bryson DeChambeau.
But Thomas’ shot sliced right and seemed destined to hit a bunker or kick into the woods.
Instead, it bounced right in front of the feet of a volunteer – and then into that person’s body.
The volunteer raised their hands to proclaim innocence, but it set up DeChambeau for a decent pitch shot that landed 18 feet from the hole.
Thomas then promptly missed his putt to the right of the cup and blew it two feet past the hole.
A volunteer was standing in the perfect spot to prevent Justin Thomas’ shot from bouncing into a bunker on the 13th hole at Bethpage Black during the Ryder Cup.
Meanwhile, Englishman Tyrrell Hatton knocked in his eight-footer in for par to go 3-Up on the Americans.
It was a perfect encapsulation of how horrid the start of the Ryder Cup was for Team USA – with the Thomas/DeChambeau pairing eventually losing to Tyrrell Hatton and Jon Rahm 4&3.
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