Ryder Cup: Koepka Drives Ball Into Pieters Father's Backpack

The Ryder Cup finds ways to create unique circumstances for players.

Saturday was no different, with another weird moment that you don't see in normal golf tournaments.

What happened on the fifth hole was hard to believe.

Brooks Koepka hit a drive off the tee that strayed to the left into the rough, bounced once and onto the back of a spectator standing just inside the ropes. The ball astoundingly stayed stuck there, lodging between the man's back and the top of his backpack.

The story only got stranger from there. The man's identity? None other than the father of Thomas Pieters, whom Koepka is squaring off against in the matchup. according to the NBC announcers.

Koepka had to take a drop, and the Americans were able to make birdie on the par-4. But Pieters was able to card an eagle on the hole, no doubt to the delight of dear ol' dad.

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