{"id":28257,"date":"2025-05-27T11:17:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T11:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/bear-on-golf-course-brings-early-end-to-womens-tournament-in-japan-surprised-teen-declared-winner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T11:17:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T11:17:40","slug":"bear-on-golf-course-brings-early-end-to-womens-tournament-in-japan-surprised-teen-declared-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/bear-on-golf-course-brings-early-end-to-womens-tournament-in-japan-surprised-teen-declared-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear on golf course brings early end to women&#8217;s tournament in Japan; &#8220;surprised&#8221; teen declared winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Golfers in Japan had more than just bunkers and water hazards to deal with when a bear sighting brought an early end to a tournament because of safety concerns, marking the second time in less than two weeks that wild animals have invaded a pro golf tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The final round of the Twinfields Ladies on the women&#8217;s second-tier Step Up tour in central Japan was cancelled after a bear was spotted on the course on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was taken to protect players and spectators, said organizers.<\/p>\n<p>Reina Maeda, who was leading on six-under par after Friday&#8217;s second round, was declared the winner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lpga.or.jp\/en\/tournament\/jlpgatour\/2025\/8420\/info\/9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">earning 2.7 million yen<\/a> (about $19,000) for the victory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was very surprised, but I&#8217;m very happy,&#8221; said the 19-year-old.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/27\/5f99cd6b-92f0-4125-a4ea-13a2e3dfd145\/thumbnail\/620x413\/b4edc34856ea853c9726ea3dbf7cd524\/gettyimages-2216785151.jpg?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48#\" alt=\"TWINFIELDS LADIES TOURNAMENT - Final Round \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/27\/5f99cd6b-92f0-4125-a4ea-13a2e3dfd145\/thumbnail\/620x413\/b4edc34856ea853c9726ea3dbf7cd524\/gettyimages-2216785151.jpg?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/27\/5f99cd6b-92f0-4125-a4ea-13a2e3dfd145\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/ee3ce536a6ca40bdd15c15f923540058\/gettyimages-2216785151.jpg?v=48f078ae8a74a1412614b0db6f935e48 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Empty 18th green is seen as the play of the final day has been cancelled after a bear is witnessed during the final round of the Twinfields Ladies Tournament at Golf Club Twin Fields on May 24, 2025 in Komatsu, Ishikawa, Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Yoshimasa Nakano\/JLPGA via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this month, a snake slithered onto the golf course at the\u00a0 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/golf\/live\/c4g6pp6n1w3t?post=asset%3Ad5e82279-60cd-4d99-91bf-3a041d4966cf#post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the BBC reported.<\/a> That came just a day after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/sport\/14252087\/turtle-stops-play-uspga-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">turtle interrupted play<\/a> on the same course.<\/p>\n<p>Human encounters with bears have reached record levels in Japan, with 219 people attacked, resulting in six deaths in the 12 months leading up to April 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Climate change affecting food sources and hibernation times, along with depopulation caused by an ageing society, are causing bears to venture into towns more frequently.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/japan-bear-attacks-record-year\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Experts previously told CBS News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that as Japan&#8217;s population shrinks, humans are leaving rural areas, and bears are moving in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then that area recovered to the forest, so bears have a chance to expand their range,&#8221; biologist Koji Yamazaki, from Tokyo University of Agriculture, told CBS News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s government in February approved a bill allowing hunters to shoot bears in populated areas.<\/p>\n<p>In December, a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bear-rampages-japan-supermarket-lured-honey-then-killed\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">bear that rampaged<\/a><\/span> through a Japanese supermarket for two days was lured out with food coated in honey. 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