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loudmouth golf fan gets it in the hole
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A man was fighting for his life last night
after being seriously assaulted by a crowd of
spectators on day three of the US Masters at
Augusta.
Phil Hamilton, 38, of Nutsack, Oregon
was attacked in what police described as
a ‘spontaneous, frenzied battering’ after
shouting the words ‘get in the hole’ as Fred
Couples chipped to the green at the 5th.
Doctors have been battling to stabilise his
condition after he underwent two emergency
operations to repair a punctured lung and to
remove an eight iron.
Hazel Irvine, the BBC presenter, witnessed
the incident as she prepared a live report for
the broadcaster.
“Everything was fine and peaceful. The ball
landed at the edge of the green and started
rolling. This man at the front of the crowd
then shouted ‘get in the hole’ and looked
around smugly to show how clever he’d been
and to see where the TV mics were.”
Left: K J Choi receives the acclaim of the fans
as he shows how far he rammed his club up
the backside of the irritating fan
“There was a brief pause and then all hell
broke loose. People were screaming ‘I can’t
take it any more,’ and ‘kill the moron, cut him,
burn him,” she said.
Korean player KJ Choi, who ended the day in
joint second with eight under par, was spotted
wading into the crowd and landing several
wild haymakers on the victim. He later missed
One Stop Service
an evening function as he drove to retrieve his
club from the Augusta General Hospital.
Experts have been trying to ascertain the
cause of the disturbance.
“You do get it in the animal kingdom, when
a pack will suddenly turn on one of its own,”
said one.
“They may be seen as weak, or endangering
the herd.”
“What seems to have happened here is that
a big group of people subconsciously and
spontaneously perceived that the entire
nature of human evolution was threatened
by a man shouting ‘get in the hole’ at a