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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Watch as volunteer gets a little too close to massive snake at PGA Championship
Watch as volunteer gets a little close to massive snake at PGA Championship Turtles on Thursday, snakes on Friday. Play on the 10th hole of Quail Hollow at the PGA Championship was briefly stopped during the second round as a snake slithered across the fairway. The reptile slithered near 2003 PGA Champ Shaun Micheel, who quickly hopped backwards to let it pass. Advertisement A PGA Championship volunteer then stepped up to help nudge the snake into the rough and away from Micheel's ball. 'I wouldn't mess with that fella,' analyst and former Masters champ Trevor Immelman said on the ESPN broadcast. The volunteer got a little too aggressive at one point, poking it in the midsection to try and hurry it up. The snake quickly snapped its attention to the volunteer. 'That's what you got to avoid. … Now, he's riled up,' another announcer said. A snake at the 10th hole of Quail Hollow on May 16, 2025. SportsCenter/X The snake seemed to move into the rough of the Charlotte-area course before ESPN returned to the golf portion of their coverage. Micheel was unfazed by the incident, knocking his shot to 11 feet and then pouring in the birdie putt. Advertisement The 56-year-old was just outside the cut line as he moved through his second round. A volunteer trifles with a snake at the PGA Championship. X/SportsCenter 'They'd have to take it to the next county over for me to continue playing,' one commenter wrote on X. During the opening round Thursday, turtles had emerged from a nearby lake and settled into a bunker that forced play to be halted for repairs.
7NEWS
17-05-2025
- Sport
- 7NEWS
Former champion Shaun Micheel has run in with snake at US PGA
Former champion Shaun Micheel has shrugged off an unwelcome encounter with a snake on day two of the 107th US PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. Micheel, who lifted the Wanamaker Trophy in 2003, was pacing off the distance of his third shot on the 10th hole when he came across a snake crossing the fairway on the par five. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Snake interrupts play during US PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. Micheel appeared to be terrified as the snake slithered to him. He was happy to give it - believed to be a non-venomous eastern kingsnake - a wide berth before a tournament volunteer stepped in and used his foot to help usher the reptile out of the way and into the rough. But in doing so he seemed to agitate the snake. ESPN commentator and former Masters champion Trevor Immelman said: 'I wouldn't mess with that fella.' While another commentator said: 'That's what you got to avoid. Now we've got a problem. Now, he's riled up. 'I need him to take a bite of the ball.' After hitting his third shot to 12 feet, Micheel converted the birdie putt and also picked up another shot on the 11th as he battled to make the halfway cut which he missed in the US PGA for the first time since 2011. The 56-year-old won his sole major title at Oak Hill in 2003, beating Chad Campbell by two shots after a birdie on the 72nd hole. He also finished second in the same event at Medinah in 2006, five shots behind Tiger Woods. The snake issue followed an incident with a snapping turtle that appeared in a sand trap near the 14th as Ryan Gerard approached his ball.
Times
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Times
Matt Fitzpatrick holds nerve to close gap on leader Jhonattan Vegas
It was clear that this was going to be a testing day when a large king snake slithered across the fairway towards the ball of the former US PGA champion Shaun Micheel. A rules official gave it an unwise kick. Elsewhere some players continued to gripe about mud balls. The Venezuelan leader held on; fear and loathing and class Vegas. Jhonattan Vegas, a 40-year-old from the oil city of Maturin, continued to set the pace at eight under after a round of 70, but there was lots of back and forth below him. Matt Fitzpatrick wrestled his 2022 form back from a year of toil and finished just two behind, while Rory McIlroy rallied to make the weekend. As per tradition, it was dramatic. On
The Advertiser
17-05-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Ex-winner Shaun Micheel gives way to snake at PGA
Former champion Shaun Micheel has shrugged off an unwelcome encounter with a snake on day two of the 107th US PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. Micheel, who lifted the Wanamaker Trophy in 2003, was pacing off the distance of his third shot on the 10th hole when he came across a snake crossing the fairway on the par five. Micheel was happy to give the snake - believed to be a non-venomous eastern kingsnake - a wide berth before a tournament volunteer stepped in and used his foot to help usher the reptile out of the way and into the rough. After hitting his third shot to 12 feet, Micheel converted the birdie putt and also picked up another shot on the 11th as he battled to make the halfway cut which he missed in the US PGA for the first time since 2011. The 56-year-old won his sole major title at Oak Hill in 2003, beating Chad Campbell by two shots after a birdie on the 72nd hole. He also finished second in the same event at Medinah in 2006, five shots behind Tiger Woods. Former champion Shaun Micheel has shrugged off an unwelcome encounter with a snake on day two of the 107th US PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. Micheel, who lifted the Wanamaker Trophy in 2003, was pacing off the distance of his third shot on the 10th hole when he came across a snake crossing the fairway on the par five. Micheel was happy to give the snake - believed to be a non-venomous eastern kingsnake - a wide berth before a tournament volunteer stepped in and used his foot to help usher the reptile out of the way and into the rough. After hitting his third shot to 12 feet, Micheel converted the birdie putt and also picked up another shot on the 11th as he battled to make the halfway cut which he missed in the US PGA for the first time since 2011. The 56-year-old won his sole major title at Oak Hill in 2003, beating Chad Campbell by two shots after a birdie on the 72nd hole. He also finished second in the same event at Medinah in 2006, five shots behind Tiger Woods. Former champion Shaun Micheel has shrugged off an unwelcome encounter with a snake on day two of the 107th US PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. Micheel, who lifted the Wanamaker Trophy in 2003, was pacing off the distance of his third shot on the 10th hole when he came across a snake crossing the fairway on the par five. Micheel was happy to give the snake - believed to be a non-venomous eastern kingsnake - a wide berth before a tournament volunteer stepped in and used his foot to help usher the reptile out of the way and into the rough. After hitting his third shot to 12 feet, Micheel converted the birdie putt and also picked up another shot on the 11th as he battled to make the halfway cut which he missed in the US PGA for the first time since 2011. The 56-year-old won his sole major title at Oak Hill in 2003, beating Chad Campbell by two shots after a birdie on the 72nd hole. He also finished second in the same event at Medinah in 2006, five shots behind Tiger Woods. Former champion Shaun Micheel has shrugged off an unwelcome encounter with a snake on day two of the 107th US PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. Micheel, who lifted the Wanamaker Trophy in 2003, was pacing off the distance of his third shot on the 10th hole when he came across a snake crossing the fairway on the par five. Micheel was happy to give the snake - believed to be a non-venomous eastern kingsnake - a wide berth before a tournament volunteer stepped in and used his foot to help usher the reptile out of the way and into the rough. After hitting his third shot to 12 feet, Micheel converted the birdie putt and also picked up another shot on the 11th as he battled to make the halfway cut which he missed in the US PGA for the first time since 2011. The 56-year-old won his sole major title at Oak Hill in 2003, beating Chad Campbell by two shots after a birdie on the 72nd hole. He also finished second in the same event at Medinah in 2006, five shots behind Tiger Woods.
Perth Now
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
Ex-winner Shaun Micheel gives way to snake at PGA
Former champion Shaun Micheel has shrugged off an unwelcome encounter with a snake on day two of the 107th US PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. Micheel, who lifted the Wanamaker Trophy in 2003, was pacing off the distance of his third shot on the 10th hole when he came across a snake crossing the fairway on the par five. Micheel was happy to give the snake - believed to be a non-venomous eastern kingsnake - a wide berth before a tournament volunteer stepped in and used his foot to help usher the reptile out of the way and into the rough. After hitting his third shot to 12 feet, Micheel converted the birdie putt and also picked up another shot on the 11th as he battled to make the halfway cut which he missed in the US PGA for the first time since 2011. The 56-year-old won his sole major title at Oak Hill in 2003, beating Chad Campbell by two shots after a birdie on the 72nd hole. He also finished second in the same event at Medinah in 2006, five shots behind Tiger Woods.
