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Niemann penalized for throwing club in U.S. Open
Key takeaways
- SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- Chile's Joaquín Niemann drove two balls out of bounds on the par-4 sixth, his 15th hole of the round, on Thursday shortly before first-round play at the U.S.
- It would get only worse for the LIV Golf League captain once play resumed Friday morning.
- Niemann ended up carding a quintuple-bogey 9 on the hole, but it was later changed to a 7-over 11 after the United States Golf Association docked him a two-stroke penalty for throwing a club on the hole.
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SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. -- Chile's Joaquín Niemann drove two balls out of bounds on the par-4 sixth, his 15th hole of the round, on Thursday shortly before first-round play at the U.S. Open was suspended because of darkness at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.
It would get only worse for the LIV Golf League captain once play resumed Friday morning.
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