Climate change protesters were seen on video on Sunday storming onto the 18th green at the 2024 Travelers Championship golf tournament, attempting to throw an orange substance and then fleeing from authorities.
The final group was seen lining up to putt at the Tournament Players Club (TPC) River Highlands when six activists from the UK-founded environmental group Extinction Rebellion stormed onto the field, causing chaos. Smoke bombs scattering what appeared to be orange powder were reportedly thrown onto the field, and some of the activists were wearing the Extinction Rebellion logo on their shirts. (Related article: Golfer achieves rare feat at PGA tournament)
Golfers Scottie Scheffler and Tom Kim were at the field at the time and reportedly saw protesters charging forward as authorities gave chase. Video posted to Twitter shows authorities tackling protesters en masse, slamming them to the ground within seconds of the incident starting.
#breaking news Extinction Rebellion climate activists stormed the green of the 18th hole at a PGA Tour event, firing smoke bombs as Scottie Schefflers was finishing his match. pic.twitter.com/jDV3hURz5F
— Oliya ScooterCaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) June 23, 2024
🚨#breaking newsClimate activists storm 18th green at PGA Tour Travelers Championship, throwing smoke bombs and spray paint⁰
📌#Cromwell | #Connecticut⁰⁰Just moments ago, environmental activists from Just Stop Oil protests ran with spray paint and scattered smoke… pic.twitter.com/FPuVCHtB8A— RAWSALERTS (@rawsalerts) June 23, 2024
The incident led to the tournament being postponed as course officials attempted to return the tournament to normal play. according to According to Golf Digest, a video posted online showed golf spectators being heard chanting “USA, USA, USA” during the cleanup.
A climate terrorist storms into the 18th hole of the Travelers PGA Championship and vandalizes the hole. Police quickly crack down on him. The crowd begins chanting “USA!”
National healing. pic.twitter.com/hIIEfVVVXb
— David Pivtrack (@piv4law) June 23, 2024
The match between Scheffler and Kim eventually resumed, with the judges cutting new pin positions away from the chaos caused by the activists, the outlet reported.
