t was the opening round of the PGA Championship and from the tee box it was clear Brooks

Koepka’s drive was off target, the ball sailing wide right on Quail Hollow’s dogleg-right 16th.

Yet as the US Open champion walked up the hole, he saw his ball sitting in the fairway. An

obvious question arose. ▶ How did it get there? Koepka’s first thought was that the ball had

hit a tree. However, witnesses told him it only sounded like the ball had hit a tree. ▶ In fact, it

had caromed off the head of a volunteer working on the hole who, when Koepka got there,

was lying on his back, hat soaked in blood and medical personnel attending to him.

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BEWARE THE WAYWARD GOLF BALL

SPECTATORS THINK TOUR PROS NEVER MISS A SHOT, BUT THAT’S

NOT THE CASE. IT CAN BE PAINFUL FOR UNEXPECTED FANS. BY BRIAN WACKER