Charley Hull blasts protesters who stormed the 17th green in the final round of the AIG Women’s Open.

During the final round of the AIG Women’s Open, an oil protest group ran on the 17th green with red and yellow streams of smoke. Play had to stop temporarily and the offenders were arrested. (video below)

The R&A issued a statement after the round, thanking the police for their quick response.

“Protesters were quickly apprehended on the 17th green during the final group and five arrests were made by the police. We would like to thank the police and marshals for their vigilance and the players and spectators for their understanding.”

The protest group “Money Rebellion” took responsibility for the disturbance.

After the round, Charley Hull, who was in contention for the championship spoke to The Telegraph about the protestors.

“What a bunch of idiots,” the 27-year-old said.

“I suffer from asthma but didn’t have my inhaler on me and that stuff was really thick, so no it was not nice. I wasn’t scared when it happened, just thought they were idiots. Someone said they are protesting about oil, but how did they get here today? Drove probably.”

Hull was on the 17th green when the protestors stormed the green and was undoubtedly impacted by the incident.

Adam Woodward, who is Hull’s caddie joined in on speaking out against the protestors and agreed the smoke was detrimental to Charley’s performance.

“There were about three of them, I think, but it was ineffective. The police were quick and they were gone within 60 seconds. Charley took the smoke into her lungs and it wasn’t pleasant for her. Thank God their pathetic actions didn’t affect the result.”

Hull had to settle for a 2nd place finish, and complimented the winner Lilia Vu on her performance.

“Lilia played unbelievable, really, and I just don’t feel like I got a break to be fair.”

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“Get off you clown!” 🤡

Just Stop Oil protester storms 17th green at AIG Women’s Open 🙃 pic.twitter.com/rrwYopUt1x

— Andy Roberts (@AndyRobertsGolf) August 13, 2023

Article originally appeared on: Golfwrx.com