Spectator gets it in the neck from wayward G-Mac

Defending champion Graeme McDowell was fearing the worst after his golf ball struck a spectator in the neck on the opening day of the French Open outside of Versailles.

Spectator gets it in the neck from wayward G-Mac

McDowell leaked a shot right at the 14th hole of the National course and hit a male spectator who collapsed in agony.

“There’s nothing good when you hit a spectator and you hear the words ‘the ball has hit a spectator and they’re down’, so that’s not a very good feeling,” he said.

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