Charley Hoffman was bent under a tree with a branch on his back when he laced this one down the side of the fairway and hit Ernie Els’ unsuspecting caddie.

FORE!

Charley Hoffman uses Ernie Els' caddie to his advantage. https://t.co/GMbtoXcoZh

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) June 23, 2016

Luckily the ball took a few hops before it hit the caddie. All involved had a good laugh about it afterwards.

Had Hoffman hit his own caddie I’m not sure everyone would be so jovial (that would be a stroke penalty).