The PGA of America has apologized after spectators overwhelmed security officials and swarmed around Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka on the final hole of the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island on Sunday.
When eventual champion Mickelson’s approach shot found the green at the 18th, spectators raced to follow him up the fairway, enveloping him in the crowd and leaving the 50-year-old unnerved by the experience.
Koepka, who is recovering from a dislocated kneecap, said he had been “dinged” a few times in the knee by the crowd.
A statement from PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh. pic.twitter.com/nY0IKCgqe3
— PGA of America (@PGA) May 25, 2021
“While we welcome enthusiastic fan engagement, we regret that a moment of high elation and pent-up …
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