LPGA Golfer Isi Gabsa Hits A Shot That Smashes Into Bird At US Women’s Open

Not the birdie you're looking for on the golf course. The U.S. Women's Open at Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania is proving to be a tough test. World No. 1 Nelly Korda made a septuple bogey 10 on the par-3 12th hole to derail her bid at a seventh win in eight starts. Look at this this way: If given the choice, Korda would probably take that catastrophe on the chin over what fellow top-ranked star Scottie Scheffler endured at his last major start. Anyway, we're here because one of the competitors in Lancaster struck a quality shot to the green, on the same hole that gave Korda such trouble, only for a poor avian to be caught in the crossfire. https://twitter.com/pmcdonaldCBS/status/1796200676348846294 Favorable bounce aside, no golfer's intent is to harm one of nature's beautiful creatures. You'd sooner take intentional swings at the ball retriever person on the driving range, especially since they have caged-in protection. The odds of a ball-on-bird collision are billions-to-one at shortest. Astronomical. In fact, the only other time I've seen anything like this was when Randy Johnson's exploded a bird on impact. https://twitter.com/ChuckyT3/status/1796211029723996545 Johnson has moved on from World Series MVP and Cy Young Award-winning southpaw pitcher to an excellent career as a photographer. The Big Unit had a sick heater and a nasty slider back in the day. As for the bird and the shotmaker who struck it, some digging finally revealed that it was Isi Gabsa who has to wear the probable-casualty on her conscience for the remainder of the tournament. https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1796224978385580079 Gabsa wound up parring the 12th and carding a round of 3-over 75. Not the worst score on a day where the singular, dominant force in the women's game, Korda, is flirting with a round in the low 80s. With most of the morning wave well into their opening rounds or finished by now, only five players as of this writing are under par. Not that Gabsa, the 403rd-ranked player in the world, is considered a major contender, but the 28-year-okld German certainly got a good break here — albeit apparently at the cost of a bird's life. For you sickos who like to see brutality at the U.S. Open, here was the grisly scene of Korda's 10 at the 12th. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcJSb4e9tnE