SAN MARTIN, Calif. -- A male spectator ran onto a green shouting Tiger Woods' name and then threw a hot dog at him Sunday during the final round of the Frys.com Open in Northern California.
The unidentified person was quickly subdued and Woods was not in any danger. In fact, within a minute, he had settled back over the putt he was attempting.
"I looked up and the hot dog was in the air," Woods said of the incident that occurred on the seventh hole, his 16th of the day. "(The fan) wanted to be in the news. I guess he is now."
The tournament's director of security, Dan Diggins, would not disclose the person's name but said that he appeared to have been drinking. "He's just an idiot," Diggins said.
Sgt. Jose Cardoza of the Santa Clara County police department said the 31-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with disturbing the peace, a misdemeanor. He was escorted from the property.
Diggins said the person did not get within 40 feet of Woods, who was finishing up the Frys.com Open with a final-round 68.
"How weird was that," said Arjun Atwal, one of the other players in Woods' group. "That guy could have been shot the way he ran out there with that hot dog. The cops could have thought it was something else. The hot dog flew across Tiger's (putting) line and onto my line. The bun kind of fell at his feet. It was the weirdest thing I've ever seen."
Woods said that it appeared the person wanted and expected to be arrested.
"He was pretty far away from me, and you know, when he started making the commotion and the gallery started to kind of get into it, I could hear the security behind me. I was still bent over my putt," Woods said. "And when I looked up it was already in the air. The bun was kind of disintegrating there.
"So he laid down on the ground and looked like he either knew what he was doing because he laid on the ground, put his hands behind his back and turned his head away from security. So just one of those deals."
Woods was playing in his first tournament since the PGA Championship in August and finished at 277, 7 under par, well back of the leaders who were finishing their front nine when the incident occurred.
Bob Harig is a golf writer for ESPN.com.
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