Six Climate Protesters Run on 18th Green and Spray Powder, Delaying Finish of PGA Tour Event from ki protect Watch Video

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Protestors stormed the 18th green during the final round of the Travelers Championship Sunday afternoon. <br/><br/>As Tom Kim stood on the final green with a chance to force a playoff against World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, with the pair poised to take their final putts on the 18th, the gripping finale of the PGA Tour's final non-cut signature event took another twist. <br/><br/>A group of climate change protesters representing 'Extinction Rebellion' slipped under the ropes, bypassed Cromwell police, and stormed the putting surface in astonishing scenes.<br/><br/><br/>The fairway invaders, who appeared to be wearing climate change messages on their t-shirts, tossed red, white, and yellow powder at the golf course, with one even trampling through a greenside bunker. <br/><br/>The group of at least five was swiftly arrested by law enforcement on-site and carted away. However, the destruction they left in their wake delayed the thrilling end of the tournament. <br/><br/>Tour officials were called to the green where groundskeepers waited with leaf blowers ready to be called into action. <br/><br/>Some of the intruders wore t-shirts with the message 'No Golf On A Dead Planet' emblazoned across the front.<br/><br/>Police handcuffed at least five people, according to CBS play-by-play man Jim Nantz. <br/><br/>After they were escorted off the course, Scheffler left a potential 26-foot clincher from the fringe on the right edge of the cup, then tapped in for par. <br/><br/>If the delay heightened Kim's nerves at all he didn't show it. Following the greenside drama, the 22-year-old calmly stepped up and sank his birdie putt to tie the world's top-ranked golfer and force a playoff. <br/><br/>'It kind of took like the meaning of the putt kind of a way for a second,' Kim later told the media. 'Because for the past 17 and a half holes all you're thinking about is golf, and suddenly when that happens you're almost not even playing golf anymore. <br/><br/>'I thought it was a dream for a second. The security guards were tackling people and people were getting arrested, it's really hard to see nowadays. <br/><br/>'It took my mind off of the moment and [I] just kind of realized what was happening and even though those people did something bad, you still don't want them to get hurt. The police are trying to protect the players, I get it, but you still don't want people to get hurt and I think it just kind of personally just took my mind away from golf a little bit and worried about something else.'<br/><br/>Scheffler eventually held his nerve in the playoff to prevail on a dramatic day over in Connecticut, marking his sixth win on the PGA Tour this year.<br/><br/>He came out on top for the second time in three weeks, capturing the Memorial Tournament before last week's struggles at the US Open.