Crime & Safety

Streaking Man Accused Of Disrupting Valspar Tournament Sunday

​A Tampa man was arrested Sunday after being accused of streaking across the fairway during the final day of the Valspar Championship.

Mark Taylor Lynn, 33, was arrested for disorderly intoxication.
Mark Taylor Lynn, 33, was arrested for disorderly intoxication. (Pinellas Sheriff)

PALM HARBOR, FL — A Tampa man was arrested Sunday after being accused of streaking across the fairway during the final day of the Valspar Championship golf tournament at Innisbrook Golf Course in Palm Harbor Sunday.

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said Mark Taylor Lynn, 33, was “willfully and unlawfully unclothed” and “highly intoxicated” when he ran onto the fairway in front of a crowd of spectators around 6:30 p.m.

Deputies said Lynn’s actions “caused a disturbance and hindered the game of play."

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He was arrested for disorderly intoxication and booked into the Pinellas County Jail.

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