Any hopes of the particular visitor making par have been dashed because the deer ended up in a bunker, its transient cameo on the occasion capped by a trot again up the golf green earlier than a return to the bushes it had emerged from, footage tweeted by the PGA Tour confirmed.
Cue probably the most uncommon of bunker raking duties for Michael Greller and Jim ‘Bones’ Mackay, caddies to Spieth and Justin Thomas respectively, because the pair labored to easy over the hoofprints left within the sand by the customer.
It wasn’t the one time that Spieth, who at 5-under trails chief Patrick Cantlay by 4 heading into Saturday’s third spherical, needed to contest with mom nature on Friday.
Earlier throughout the session the American was about to observe via on his swing when the winds blew a stray leaf inches previous the ball, throwing Spieth off. Greller was readily available with a towel earlier than Spieth finally teed off.
Additionally representing for South Carolina wildlife was an alligator, pictured basking within the solar on the course earlier than taking to the close by lake to assist in giving golfers added motivation to maintain their photographs out of the water.
Gamers are slated to tee off at 2 p.m. native time for Saturday’s third spherical, with Cantlay main Robert Streb by two photographs.
The RBC Heritage is into its 54th 12 months of competitors, providing a prize pot of $8 million.
