Dustin Johnson caught a bad break on the second hole at Oakmont, but a fan really took the worst of it. Johnson hit an errant tee shot, leaking it out to the left. It wasn’t that off target, but ended up shooting way off the fairway and under a concession stand after it hit a fan in the head.
Dustin Johnson’s ball ended up under a concession stand after ricocheting off a fan’s head
That is about as scary a situation as you’ll see on a golf course. That fan could have been very injured, but fortunately it appeared he was OK. Shortly after he was hit, he was laughing it off with a group of fans.
Sometimes players will actually catch a break by accidentally hitting a fan. The ball will pop off the crowd and into the fairway. That was the opposite for Johnson as the ball instead went shooting away and ended up under a concession stand. Johnson was given a free drop and while his approach wasn’t great, he managed a very good up-and-down to save par. A great result considering how this looked off the tee.
