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Mike Davis, right, of the USGA grabs a fan who disrupted the trophy presentation as Webb Simpson and Bob Costas look on after the final round of the 112th U.S. Open on June 17, 2012 in San Francisco, California.
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USGA Executive Director Mike Davis, center, grabs a man who interrupted the trophy ceremony after Webb Simpson, right, of the U.S. won the 2012 U.S. Open golf tournament on the Lake Course at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, Calif., June 17.
Jay Coffin of the Golf Channel reports — As NBC’s Bob Costas was interviewing newly crowned champion Webb Simpson a mysterious man, wearing a Union Jack hat, started crowing like a bird. Costas and Simpson were looking mysteriously at the man when U.S. Golf Association chief Mike Davis jumped into the picture and forcefully pulled the man out of the way.
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A raucous fan, wearing a wacky Union Jack cap, disrupted Webb Simpson's trophy ceremony at the US Open with squawking bird calls. Msnbc's Willie Geist reports.
Simpson saved par on the hilly 18th hole with a chip from the rough to about 4 feet, closing with a 2-under 68 to hold off Graeme McDowell and Michael Thompson in a foggy final round at The Olympic Club on Sunday. Simpson finished at 1-over 281.
Michael Thompson and Graeme McDowell were a shot back.
-- Reported by the Associated Press
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Police officers arrest a man who interrupted the trophy ceremony at the Olympic Club on June 17, 2012.
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