Horschel helps take away Just Stop Oil protester after Open disrupted
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he Open at Royal Liverpool has turn into the most recent high-profile sporting occasion to be interrupted by Just Stop Oil protesters.
An orange flare was set off and powdered orange paint thrown subsequent to the seventeenth inexperienced throughout day two of the celebrated golf main on Friday afternoon.
The three protesters had been led away from the course by police and greenkeeping employees had been despatched out to take away the powdered orange paint with leaf-blowers.
In one clip that surfaced on social media, American golfer Billy Horschel might be seen escorting a protester off the course and handing them over to police, drawing cheers from the close by crowd.
“At around 12.20pm three Just Stop Oil supporters ran onto hole 17 at The Open in Royal Liverpool,” Just Stop Oil confirmed in a press release.
“They set off a smoke flare and threw orange powder paint on the green before being removed by security.”
In an unrelated incident earlier on Friday, police seized a drone that had flown into restricted airspace above the Hoylake course.
A Merseyside Police assertion learn: “We were made aware of a drone being flown in the restricted airspace and officers were able to locate the operator and subsequently seize the drone and remind them of the restrictions.”
Chief Superintendent Mark Wiggins stated: “If you commit an offence and fly a drone within the restricted area without permission, your equipment may be seized and you may render yourself liable to prosecution.”
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