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Anthony Kim Domes Fan With Errant Tee Shot, Says 'I Thought I Killed Him'

9/27/2008 8:00 PM ET By Ryan Wilson

    • Ryan Wilson
    • Ryan Wilson is FanHouse's Back Porch Editor
After a great Ryder Cup week and a 7-under performance through the first two days of the Tour Championship, Anthony Kim's third round can kindly be characterized as a struggle. The 23-year-old had to rush through his pre-round routine because he forgot his tee time, and then had trouble keeping his ball on the property for most of the afternoon.

Things went from bad to ... well, scary on the No. 9 tee box. Kim yanked his drive well left and nailed a spectator in the noggin. David Whitfield, 48, had a "crater-like abrasion" on his forehead, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and he ended up leaving the course on a stretcher.

Unsurprisingly, Kim was shaken by the incident, although he wasn't willing to blame it on his third round 72, which included a back-nine 37.
"I thought I killed him," Kim said. "It was an awful feeling to look down and see a golf ball-sized impression in his forehead and it's cut open. It was probably the nastiest thing I've ever seen."
Yeah, I'm guessing Whitfield felt awful, too. Happy ending, though: the Associated Press writes that Whitfield was released from a local hospital after a negative CT scan. And not only that, but before Whitfield left East Lake Golf Club strapped to a gurney, Kim hastily scribbled him a note on a golf ball that read "Sorry."

Touching. Presumably, it wasn't the same ball that domed Whitfield minutes earlier.

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