A mobile alert sent to people in Hawaii on Saturday morning about a missile threat gave golfers competing at the Sony Open one hell of a scare.
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The alert told those in the area to take shelter and while later confirmed to be a mistake by Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency it put locals and some big PGA names on red alert.
Australians Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith are both competing at the Sony Open in the region with a number of golfers responding to the incident on social media.
This is unreal,hiding in kitchen beachside missile attack from North Korea. Alarm went out all over Hawaii, and it’s no test...
— Jesper Parnevik (@JesperParnevik) January 13, 2018
This shit was real,employees crying,people running for shelter.... Happy everybody is ok, and it was fake alarm🙏 #missileattack #hawaii pic.twitter.com/lcfJDJhF3H
— Jesper Parnevik (@JesperParnevik) January 13, 2018
To all that just received the warning along with me this morning... apparently it was a “mistake” 🤔 hell of a mistake!! Haha glad to know we’ll all be safe https://t.co/sYmuVzymaQ
— Justin Thomas (@JustinThomas34) January 13, 2018
Well this may be one of the scariest alerts I have ever received. Luckily it was a mistake. This is no small mistake. I hope it doesn’t happen again. pic.twitter.com/EjbwrJc5H0
— Austin Cook (@austincookgolf) January 13, 2018
In a basement under hotel. Barely any service. Can you send confirmed message over radio or tv https://t.co/qHLeQSecnd
— JJ Spaun (@JJSpaun) January 13, 2018
Under mattresses in the bathtub with my wife, baby and in laws. Please lord let this bomb threat not be real.
— John Peterson (@JohnPetersonFW) January 13, 2018
Though the threat wasn't real, it's clear the fear wasn't.
At the Sony Open, American Brian Harman currently holds a three-shot lead with Smith the closest of the Aussies sitting six shots off the pace.
