{"id":291717,"date":"2025-04-27T16:02:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T16:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/27\/spectator-takes-swing-of-rory-mcilroys-club-at-scottish-open\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T16:02:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T16:02:46","slug":"spectator-takes-swing-of-rory-mcilroys-club-at-scottish-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/27\/spectator-takes-swing-of-rory-mcilroys-club-at-scottish-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Spectator takes swing of Rory McIlroy\u2019s club at Scottish Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/data.indianexpress.com\/election2019\/track_1x1.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Spectator takes swing of Rory McIlroy\u2019s club at Scottish Open\" title=\"Spectator takes swing of Rory McIlroy\u2019s club at Scottish Open\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"pcl-full-content\">\n<p>A spectator was escorted from the course at the Scottish Open on Friday after taking a club from Rory McIlroy\u2019s bag and taking a few swings with it.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place on the 10th tee, where McIlroy was waiting to get his second round underway at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick.<\/p>\n<p><ev-engagement group-name=\"contentLogin\"\/><ev-engagement group-name=\"myNotification\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ev-meter-content ie-premium-content-block\">\n<p>Widely spread footage on social media showed a man walk on to the tee, take the head cover off McIlroy\u2019s driver and then grab an iron from the bag. McIlroy, a four-time major winner, was seen looking on in bemusement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is crazy, man just walks up and lifts club and headvover off Rory on tee box. Taken away by security straight away \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RoryMcIlroy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#RoryMcIlroy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nWDgxlqVJ6\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/nWDgxlqVJ6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Irish Golfer Magazine (@IrishGolferMag) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IrishGolferMag\/status\/1413428425461747712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow, noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The man was eventually escorted off the tee by a security guard after handing the club to McIlroy\u2019s caddie, Harry Diamond.<\/p>\n<div class=\"osv-ad-class\" style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;height: 375px;margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<p>Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAt approximately 8am on Friday morning, a spectator entered the tenth tee area,\u201d a statement from the European Tour read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was quickly escorted from the tee by security personnel and the matter is in the hands of Police Scotland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas, Nos. 1 and 3 in the world, respectively, were also on the tee as playing partners of McIlroy. No one was hurt in the incident.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"iframe-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/wp-content\/themes\/indianexpress\/images\/lazy_placeholder.gif\" data-lazy-type=\"iframe\" data-src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed-podcast\/show\/7J1hJosh2HnJcmY2IMVWbI\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>David Wilson, a member of nearby club Kilspindie who posted the footage, said in The Scotsman newspaper: \u201cThe players laughed it off, saying they knew he wasn\u2019t a golfer when they saw his grip.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '444470064056909');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/sports\/golf\/spectator-takes-swing-of-rory-mcilroys-club-at-scottish-open-7397052\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A spectator was escorted from the course at the Scottish Open on Friday after taking a club from Rory McIlroy\u2019s bag and taking a few swings with it. The incident took place on the 10th tee, where McIlroy was waiting to get his second round underway at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick. 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