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Danny Willett can't catch a break, hits fan with his drive at Hazeltine

September 29, 2016

This hasn't exactly been the Ryder Cup week Danny Willett envisioned.

On the heels of having to apologize for his brother writing a column ripping American fans this week, Danny again found himself asking for forgiveness. Looks like Willett nailed a spectator with an errant tee shot in a practice round on Thursday at Hazeltine National. And it looks like Willett got the fan pretty good -- as evidenced by this photograph taken by Ross Kinnaird of Getty Images.

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Of course, errant shots happen all the time at a golf tournament, and it's not too uncommon for a fan to get hit on the course, but the fact this happened to Willett is quite the coincidence.