BREAKING NEWS Terrifying moment at PGA Championship as Aaron Rai nearly strikes fan from close range after disastrous shot
English golf star Aaron Rai was inches away from hitting a fan from close range in a terrifying incident at the PGA Championship on Friday.
The world No 29 was taking a shot from the rough during his second round, with a bunch of spectators gathered to his right.
A giant tree stood between Rai and his target and the Englishman miscued his shot, which flew perilously close to someone before cannoning into the tree trunk and rebounding in the opposite direction.
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- The Independent
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They were dismal and dreadful. Rarely a man to keep his emotions under wraps, Tuchel was visibly irritated. His quixotic moves compounded their difficulties. If friendlies offer a chance to experiment, if he needs to get to know his new charges, if there is an element of trial and error, some of the choices that backfired felt odd. Even the most successful arguably illustrated their problems. Dean Henderson was the first goalkeeper to concede in Tuchel's tenure, but a string of saves illustrated that England at least have a fine alternative to Jordan Pickford. His best stops came in the opening quarter of an hour, blocking Nicolas Jackson 's shot with his legs and parrying his Crystal Palace teammate Ismaila Sarr 's header. Yet he was overworked, his defence shambolic at times. Tuchel had argued that fielding an all- Chelsea centre-back pairing would help subdue Jackson. They did not, though the debutant Trevoh Chalobah made several timely interventions. 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