Watch a heckler win $100 from European golfers by sinking a putt they couldn’t at Ryder Cup practice

A random American dude showed members of Europe’s Ryder Cup team how it’s done.

During a practice round Thursday at Hazeltine National, a guy named David Johnson from North Dakota was heckling European golfers Rory McIlroy and Andy Sullivan, who were struggling with their putts on Hole 8.

So reigning British Open champion Henrik Stenson playfully went up to the crowd and brought Johnson onto the green to have a shot at it. Recent Olympic gold medalist Justin Rose placed a $100 bill next to the ball just to make things more interesting.

Turns out he didn’t need to. Johnson made it plenty interesting on his own. Using what was thought to be Sullivan’s putter and cracking jokes the entire time (“Home soil, right?”), Johnson sunk the putt from 12 feet out.

Here’s the shot from a couple of views:

Johnson and the crowd went nuts, and the European golfers hugged their American heckler.

“Somehow, it fell in,” Johnson said afterward.

Johnson even tried refusing the $100 bill at first, and then got it autographed.

“The boys were struggling with their lines, and David was kind enough to come down and show us how to do it,” Stenson joked afterward.

charles.schilken@latimes.com

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