Six climate protestors were arrested after they disrupted the Travelers Championship golf tournament in Cromwell Sunday afternoon. [emphasis, links added]
The protestors, 51-year-old Sayak Mukhopadhyay, 45-year-old William Regan, 31-year-old Jeffrey Marsar, 25-year-old Lydia Wooley, 55-year-old Mark Graham, and 35-year-old Emily Smith, were all charged with first-degree criminal mischief, first-degree criminal trespassing, and breach of peace.
Channel 3’s cameras were rolling when they charged the green and dispersed a colored powder.
“They came down from the stands over there with a bunch of chalk stuff just pushing a narrative,” said Rocco Postizzi, an eyewitness.
#BREAKING Climate Activists Spray Smoke as they STORM THE GREEN at the 18th Hole of the PGA Tour as SCOTTIE SCHEFFLERS was finishing his game. pic.twitter.com/zfHJn68gQd
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) June 23, 2024
The protestors wore shirts that said “no golf on a dead planet” and a symbol that was part of a group called the Extinction Rebellion. [Other media outlets are reporting it was Just Stop Oil. —CCD Ed.]
“These are climate activists that disrupted this because they knew there were a lot of eyes on this tournament,” said Kenneth Gray, a professor at the University of New Haven and a former FBI agent.
Gray said the group was based out of the United Kingdom and has a strong stance on climate change.
“Their message is that fossil fuels should stop being used so they are targeting events like music events, and golf tournaments to get a lot of eyes on them and get their message across,” he continued.
With Scottie Scheffler leading by one shot and Tom Kim 10 feet away for a tying birdie…
Protesters run all over the 18th green at the @PGATOUR Travelers Championship. Five in all taken away by police.
Paint left on the green. But no marker or ball disturbed. pic.twitter.com/nA7y1MgbVH
— Thad Brown (@thadbrown7) June 23, 2024
Play was disrupted for about 10 minutes as police cleaned up the green and course officials assessed the powder.
Runner-up Tom Kim and champion Scottie Scheffler said they had never seen something like that on a golf course.
“Definitely a little bit weird; I saw one person out of the corner of my eye and I saw about five police officers sprinting around. From my point of view they got it taken care of pretty dang fast,” Scheffler said.
“Who prepares for someone, for four people to run with? I don’t know what they had, but they left a lot of marks on the greens, which is not right for us players, especially when two guys are trying to win a golf tournament,” said Kim.
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These people are not crazy. They are being paid for what they do. The only way to stop this is to give them long prison sentences.
I would like to put those screwballs Building Birdhouses and Feeders Cleaning up a Highway and Planting some Trees and if they claim its soils the Lilywhite Hands I say Too bad but if you want to really save the Earth they better start rolling up their sleaves
Clinically insane. Stop calling them activists. No brains, just worms.
I expect that they’re on their way to game 7 of the Stanley Cup in Florida.
GO OILERS!