The most bizarre moments from the 2012 season, from meltdowns to party crashers to car ‘chases.’
Trying to win his fourth green jacket, Mickelson tripled the par-3 fourth hole Sunday. The adventure included a tee shot off the grandstand and two swings right-handed. (Getty)
Tiger Woods wants to beat and belittle his opponents, not befriend them. That’s why it was so strange to see he and Rory McIlroy - a true rival - all giggly together this year. (Getty)
Kim was a little over 1 foot from winning the Kraft Nabisco Championship. But her putt inexplicably lipped out. She lost on the first playoff hole to Sun Young Yoo. (Getty Images)
The third round of the AT&T National was closed to spectators and volunteers due to safety concerns after a powerful storm struck the Washington, D.C., area. (Getty)
After Woods withdrew during the final round of the WGC-Cadillac, he was followed by a blimp camera as he exited Doral. The surreal scene made many think of a ‘chase’ 18 years prior. (Getty)
Beljan suffered anxiety attacks during the second round of the Children’s Miracle Network Classic. He was transported, by ambulance, to the hospital after the round and went on to win. (Getty)
Na took slow play to another level during the third round at TPC Sawgrass with double-digit waggles before shots and full-swing misses when he wasn’t ready to hit. He also earned the 54-hole lead. (Getty)
Mathias Vinson, Jose Manuel Lara’s caddie, discovered he had 15 clubs in the bag at the BMW International Open. He tried to hide the offending club in some bushes, but was caught by Lara’s fellow competitors. Lara was disqualified. (Getty Images)
After confusing his time zones, McIlroy needed a police escort from his hotel to Medinah in order to make it in time for his Sunday’s singles match - which he won, over Keegan Bradley. (Getty)
Bob Costas was interviewing U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson when the sound of caws and a strange man in a Union Jack headdress interrupted the proceeding. (Getty)