A spectator wearing a cryptocurrency promotion shirt ran across the seventh green before being tackled by another fan and removed by officials at TPC Craig Ranch.
Footage has emerged of a spectator being arrested after running onto the seventh green during the second round of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch.
The incident occurred while world number one Scottie Scheffler was playing alongside Brooks Koepkaand runaway leader Si Woo Kim on Friday afternoon.
Video shared on Instagram by Jake Ryan (@the.jakeyannn) showed a young man, wearing sunglasses, shorts and a T-shirt promoting a cryptocurrency website, sprinting around the side of the green while shouting in an apparent attempt to get Scheffler’s attention.
The disruption during the PGA Tour event staged in McKinney, Texas, came as Koepka was lining up a putt on the par-three seventh hole.
The man then ran directly across the green with his arms raised before attempting to evade a volunteer.
Witnesses said the spectator had “broken through the gallery ropes and began yelling” as the group prepared to finish the hole.
The man was eventually wrestled to the ground by another spectator before on-course officials stepped in to escort him away from the golf course.
Young man arrested during second round (WFAA)
Cheers broke out from fans surrounding the green as order was restored and play resumed.
Scheffler and Koepka went on to par the hole, while Kim made birdie, which was his third in a row and fifth on the first seven holes.
Despite the interruption, Scheffler remained firmly in contention at his home event after carding an impressive eight-under 63 to move into a tie for second place on 13-under par heading into the weekend.
However, it was Kim who stole the show at TPC Craig Ranch.
The South Korean fired a sensational 11-under 60 — the second 60 of his PGA Tour career — to surge to 18-under par and open up a commanding five-shot lead.
Kim came agonisingly close to breaking 60 for the first time in his career before making bogey at the 18th.
Kensei Hirata, Sungjae Im, Wyndham Clark and Jackson Suber joined Scheffler in a share of second place, while Koepka signed for a two-under 69 to sit at 10-under for the tournament.
