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While Zendaya was busy ruling the fashion game at the Met Gala, her boyfriend, Tom Holland, was recovering from a golf-game-gone-wrong in Scotland. On Monday, Tom shared a picture to his Instagram Stories of a head injury that he got while playing golf with his family and friends a few days earlier. During the game, his friend Alex Roberts hit a golf ball from 80 yards away that accidentally hit Tom on his right forehead. Ouch!
Thankfully, the ball hit him in an area that missed any particularly sensitive spots. However, he did drop to the ground and was bleeding, so he was taken to the hospital to get checked out. According to a Patreon post by his dad, Dominic, Tom was also lucky to be wearing a “wooly hat” that “offered some protection.”
Tom Holland’s family game of golf left a mark! The Spider-Man: No Way Home actor, 27, posted a photo of a painful head injury from playing golf with his family in Scotland on his Instagram Stories on Monday, May 6. Holland shared a close-up shot of a large bump on the right side of his forehead with a bloodied circle imprint on top from when the golf ball connected with his head.
“Who ever said golf isn’t a contact sport is full of s—,” Tom wrote in the caption. “You can almost see the dimples.” The actor then tagged his dad Dominic Holland’s Patreon page where he shared a funny account of what caused his son’s injury in a blog post four days prior.
Dominic explained that “a golf ball did hit his head,” though it was not a serious injury.
“In fact, it was hit by a sand wedge from 80 yards albeit by a scratch golfer who should have known better and frankly been more accurate,” he continued. “The offending player was Alex Roberts, a close friend of Tom’s … without knowing that his most important and highly valuable friend was off the green to his left.”
“Whack. The ball struck Tom on the right of his forehead. Had it been just a few cm’s to his left or right … It was a great shock and it certainly hurt, hence why Tom hit the turf as though he’d been shot,” Dominic explained, adding that the actor’s “woolly hat offered some protection.”
“[Tom was] lucky then to be playing in Scotland (the home of golf) in April when woolly hats are mandatory for survival,” Tom’s dad joked. He then shared that his son was “dispatched to hospital for some checks.”
Dominic jokily concluded in his post, “Something else about the accuracy of this blog … Firstly, Alex, (Tom’s friend) … is no longer in Tom’s inner cohort. Relegated to the outer circle. Shall we say, not inside the ropes.”
I’m so glad that Tom is okay! That’s so scary, what a freak accident. The potential of that stuff happening to my husband or kids always ignites some mild anxiety on my part. I got hit by a line drive while playing in a softball league back when I was 12 or 13 and it was right to the mouth, where I was rocking a full set of braces, haha. Thankfully, I also didn’t need any stitches, but my sister needed facial stitches from a plastic surgeon from an injury playing lacrosse in high school. Oh, memory lane, good times. But seriously, knowing that it could have been bad if Tom’s hit had been mere centimeters in either direction is just so unnerving.
But back to the Zendaya and the Met Gala! Although Tom wasn’t there, – I wonder if his doctors advised him not to travel with a head injury – he did take a moment to make a rare-ish display of public affection for his girl. On Tuesday, he posted two pictures of Zendaya, one of her in each of her outfits. The post was simply captioned with the “😍😍😍” heart eyes emoji. Let’s all give one big collective “Awwwwww.” They are so darn cute. I don’t think they’ve walked a red carpet together since the Spider-Man: No Way Home premiere. I don’t know if they’re following the Eva Mendes/Ryan Gosling method of privacy, (side note: The Fall Guy is SO much fun, go see it!) but I do hope we get some big fashion moment from the two of them together, either at next year’s Met Gala or some other event. That would be so epic.
Photos credit Getty and Tom Holland/Instagram via People
North Sea cold winds save the day! St Andrew’s sits in the eastern side of Scotland and the winds coming off the North Sea can be incredibly cold and wearing a hat on an open stretch of land in winter/spring is strongly advised. Glad to see he was fine after being skelped with a golf ball … ouch!
Tom has a play opening this weekend in London, so I don’t think he was planning on going to the MET gala to begin with. Plus, I think that he and Zendaya have decided to not do red carpets together unless they are in something together. He has been seen at her premieres, but not on the red carpet.
Not me being stressed and pressed about a potential TBI…..
Does anyone know, what is the deal with Tom’s dad having a patreon account where he talks about things that happen in Tom’s life? Or does he have some other talents that he’s selling on patreon?
Dominic Holland is a comedian, actor, writer and author in his own right. He was all that before Tom became an actor.
Ah interesting Ty @dandelion2 for the info that makes more sense as I couldn’t imagine the short king Tom Holland having a skeevy stage manager father.
@noo You’re welcome! His mom is a photographer. They just are an artistic family.
Ouch, that looks painful. I never thought of safety helmets for golf, but it might be a good idea.