Climate change protestors disrupt Travelers Championship after storming 18th green before crucial Scottie Scheffler putt
Protesters stormed the 18th green during the final round of the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship on Sunday afternoon.
When Tom Kim stood on the final green with a chance to force a play-off against world champion Scottie Scheffler, the gripping finale of the PGA Tour’s last non-cut signature event took a different turn.
A group of anti-climate change protesters slipped under the ropes, bypassed Cromwell police and stormed the putting surface at TPC River Highlands.
The fairway invaders, who appeared to wear climate change messages on their T-shirts, threw red and white powder onto the golf course, with one even kicking through a bunker on the green side.
Protesters stormed the 18th green during the final round of the Travelers Championship
The group of six was quickly arrested by police on the spot and taken away. However, the devastation they left in their wake delayed the exciting end to the tournament.
Tour officials were called to the green where groundskeepers waited with leaf blowers ready to spring into action.
But if the delay raised Kim’s nerves, he didn’t show it. After the greenside drama, the 22-year-old calmly stepped up and sank his birdie putt to tie Scheffler and force a play-off.
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