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Volunteer Goes to Extreme Lengths to Take Home Rory McIlroy Souvenir at PGA

In the final round of the PGA Championship, the telecast caught a volunteer doing something he likely wasn’t supposed to.

Max Schreiber

In the final round of the PGA Championship, a volunteer stuck his hand in the water hazard to snag a Rory McIlroy ball.
In the final round of the PGA Championship, a volunteer stuck his hand in the water hazard to snag a Rory McIlroy ball. / Aaron Doster-Imagn Images

A PGA Championship volunteer wanted a piece of Rory McIlroy memorabilia. 

To get it, he had to get a little wet. 

In the final round at Quail Hollow, McIlroy hit a water ball on the par-4 14th en route to a bogey. However, a volunteer on the green stuck his arm in the water beside the putting surface to snag a souvenir from the reigning Masters champion. Then, he put the ball in his pocket. 

Is that allowed? Likely not. And if the volunteer was trying to get away with murder, he didn’t, because the ESPN telecast caught him in the act. 

Busted.

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Max Schreiber
MAX SCHREIBER

Max Schreiber is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, covering golf. Before joining SI in October 2024, the Mahwah, N.J., native, worked as an associate editor for the Golf Channel and wrote for RyderCup.com and FanSided. He is a multiplatform producer for Newsday and has a bachelor's in communications and journalism from Quinnipiac University. In his free time, you can find him doing anything regarding the Yankees, Giants, Knicks and Islanders.

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