Golfers dropping balls is a typical sufficient prevalence, however Dutch participant Joost Luiten took mislaying tools to a different stage when he misplaced three of his clubs up a tree at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on Sunday.
Days after Rory McIlroy’s tee shot landed on a spectator’s lap, Luiten, annoyed after making a bogey, threw his driver at a tree the place it obtained caught. He threw one other membership in a bid to retrieve the motive force however the tree’s thick branches and leaves caught that as nicely.
As a event official climbed the tree and threw sticks at the well-lodged clubs in useless, Luiten continued his own rescue efforts by launching a 3rd membership at the tree. A few throws later he had misplaced a 3rd membership.
“I tried to get it out by throwing some other clubs at it and [two] other clubs got stuck up the tree so I couldn’t get them out,” stated Luiten, who has gained six titles on the European Tour.
Luiten tried leaping and hitting the tree with a regular bearer’s signal earlier than ultimately giving up. He performed the remainder of the opening with 11 clubs earlier than a volunteer rescued the lodged clubs. The Dutchman ended the championship three-over-par, putting third from the underside. Nicolai Højgaard gained the event.
“That sums up my week nicely,” Luiten added.
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