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A professional golfer has filed a lawsuit against the organizers of a tournament, all because they allegedly failed to protect him from a fan.

Daly, 44, wants $100 million because, he says, an injury he suffered at the 2007 Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens has damaged his game.

Daly filed two years ago after a woman taking pictures jumped in front of him in mid-swing. Daly claimed in the paperwork he aborted the movement because he feared killing the woman but felt his rib cage pop out. The paperwork reads that Daly and other players unsuccessfully tried three times before the incident to have security kick the unidentified woman off the course.

The civil complaint filed in Palm Beach County alleges that the defendants should have done a better job of protecting Daly from a fan who bothered him.