PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – A potentially scary situation took on a more light-hearted turn for Henrik Stenson Saturday on the 16th hole at Pebble Beach.
Stenson was playing alongside fellow major champ Adam Scott during the third round of the U.S. Open when his approach to No. 16 sailed well right into the crowd, slamming into the forehead of an unsuspecting spectator.
“It was going to be a chippy 8-iron, but it was sitting up in the first cut,” Stenson said. “And I hit one of those famous like rockets, almost. It was a semi-shank, it wasn’t a full one.