Cowboy State Daily reports a National Park Service Spokesperson stated in April that “he (Adams) violated regulations designed to preserve Yellowstone and protect the experience of other users… (he) showed a lack of judgement and common sense.”
Adams has since apologized via his Instagram “It was never my intent to disrupt, you know, the environment or anybody’s day, you know, I just never realized the magnitude of hitting a golf ball in any of our national parks… If I can do anything on this platform and just encourage everybody to not do what I did, and do not hit any golf balls biodegradable or not does not matter, in our national parks.”
Listen folks, golf is great but leave your sticks in the trunk if you’re heading to a National Park: