Golf star Thorbjorn Olesen’s career unravels over flight meltdown

A golf star’s career is in free fall as he prepares to face court over allegations he completely lost it during a first class flight to London.

Danish golfer Thorbjorn Olesen has been suspended from the European Tour after being charged with sexually assaulting a female passenger as she slept on a British Airways flight and allegedly urinating in the aisle of the plane.

Olesen, 29, will be suspended pending the outcome of his case and European Tour officials said in a statement Tuesday that they would not comment until the matter is resolved. He was arrested at Heathrow Airport on July 29 after returning from the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis, where he tied for 27th place.

The five-time European Tour winner was busted by Metropolitan Police on suspicion of sexual assault after fellow European Tour pro Ian Poulter, who was also on the flight, tried to calm Olesen down when he got verbally abusive with other passengers and flight crew, The Sun reported.

Olesen allegedly molested the woman and urinated in the aisle after Poulter went to sleep.

Thorbjorn Olesen

“He started abusing some of the passengers and crew and then made a pass at one of the female passengers before taking a leak in the aisle,” a witness recalled.

Olesen allegedly molested the woman as she slept in first class, the Independent reports.

He’s now set to return to court on August 21 after being formally charged with sexual assault, being drunk on an aircraft and common assault, police told BBC.

Olesen’s lawyer, Paul Morris, said in a statement released Monday that the golfer — currently ranked No. 64 in the world — has “co-operated fully” with investigators, BBC reports.

STAR GOLFER’S SLEDGE AWAKENS CHEAPSKATE SCANDAL

Matt Kuchar is the tightest man in golf.

In February, Matt Kuchar’s reputation took a major hit when it came out that he paid a stand-in caddie just $5,000 out of his $1.2 million winnings after winning the Mayakoba Classic.

It seems Rory McIlroy doesn’t want anyone to forget.

Kuchar, McIlroy and eight other players who rounded out the top 10 of the FedEx Cup points list at the end of the PGA Tour regular season were all together for the inaugural Wyndham Rewards winners presentation.

The top 10 split a $10 million bonus based on where they finished. McIlroy finished second behind Brooks Koepka, with Kuchar trailing him in third. Kuchar finished just two points behind McIlroy, a margin that cost him $300,000.

Kuchar jokingly complained about the rewards disparity, which prompted McIlroy’s rebuttal.

“And we all know what money means to him,” he said.

Kuchar laughed it off, and the jab was certainly welcomed by a giggling Koepka.

Those three will tee it up together for the start of PGA Tour playoffs Thursday at The Northern Trust at Liberty National.

After David Giral Ortiz, the caddie whom Kuchar low-balled, went public with the measly pay to Golf.com, Kuchar defended the sum, arguing that the two had a handshake agreement prior to the tournament.

“I kind of feel like unfortunately some other people have got it in his head that he’s deserving something different than what we agreed upon,” Kucher said at the time. “And it’s just too bad that it’s turned into a story, because it doesn’t need to be. We had a great week.”

Kuchar, with public pressure mounting, eventually apologised, and announced he paid the total $50,000 that Ortiz had requested.