Justin Rose shanks golf ball straight into Memorial fan’s noggin

Justin Rose needed a par at the 18th of the Memorial to force a playoff, but that was just one of his worries on his adventure to the green. After a wayward drive right into a fairway bunker, Rose tried to smoke a full swing rope out of the sand. The result was a shank that plunked a fan directly in the side of the head.

Fortunately, the man was OK. Rose checked on him when he got up to his ball and he appeared in good spirits.

From there, Rose had to gather himself and try to make an extremely difficult up-and-down from an awful lie to save his par. He pulled off a miracle pitch-out to convert the par.

That forced extra holes with David Lingmerth. The first playoff hole was the 18th, and on his way back to the tee, Rose stopped to visit the man again and gave him a signed glove.

An update on the fan from Jason Sobel:

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