Lightning strike
A man was hit by lightning on a golf course.
The
picture is what was left of his bag. Please pass this
along .
Read what the policeman says, then take a look
at the pictures.
I have been a police officer for 18 yrs
and have seen a lot of
gruesome and disturbing scenes ... this one was different
because
it hits close to home and some of us have been in this
situation.
This 75 year old golfer (no pictures of him) was out on the
course
with 3 other retired guys for a regular weekly tee time,
and the
weather forecast didn't even predict rain at 10pm the night
before.
They teed off and got around to the back nine when it started to
rain,
and when there was a little lightning way off in the distance
so
they headed in. They waited under a tree half way in when
the rain became very heavy.
When it let up a little bit three of them
then continued in but one guy decided to wait it out under a 50' pine
with
an overhang of 10' while standing next to his bag.
Minutes later a lightning bolt struck his bag and trolley as he was holding
onto one of his clubs killing him instantly.
Most of the items in the bag simply disintegrated from the heat and
intense initial zap - including the labels
to his Ping irons and
Cleveland woods (which all popped off). The electricity burned holes
into the bottoms
of the clubs.
The strange thing is the tree under which he was standing had no sign
of a lightning strike.
The bolt literally went sideways under
the tree to the golf clubs.
Lesson to be learned - If you are
caught out on the course or water ... distance yourself from anything
metal OR graphite. Did you know that lightning rods are often made of
graphite?
Put your cart 50' away from you! When you see lightning off in the
distance
Gospel according to St Titleist
him across a desk. - Grantland
2. Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child.
Just how childlike golf players become is proven
by their frequent
inability to count past five. -John Updike
3. It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a
place the world is when one is
playing golf. - Robert Lynd
4. If profanity had any influence on the flight of
the ball, the game of golf would be played far
better than it is. - Horace G.
Hutchinson
5. They say golf is like life, but don't believe them.
Golf is more complicated than
that.. - Gardner Dickinson
6. If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork as
poorly as they do a golf club,
they'd starve to death. - Sam Snead
7. Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous
idleness. -William Wordsworth
8. If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt. - Dean Martin
9. If you are going to throw a club, it is important to throw it ahead
of you, down the fairway,
so you don't have to waste energy going back to pick
it up. - Tommy Bolt
10. Man blames fate for all other accidents, but feels personally
responsible when he
makes a hole-in-one. - Bishop Sheen
11. I don't say my golf game is bad, but if I grew tomatoes they'd come
up sliced. - Arnold Palmer
12. My handicap? Woods and irons. - Chris Codiroli
13. The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would put a
flag stick
on top. - Pete Dye
14. I'm hitting the woods just great; but having a terrible time
getting out
of them! - Buddy Hackett
15. The only time my prayers are never answered is playing golf. -
Billy Graham
16. If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong
golf ball. - Jack Lemmon
17. It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they
are still rolling. - Mark Twain
18. Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty. - Harry
Vardon
of them. - Jimmy DeMaret
20. May thy ball lie in green pastures, and not in still waters. - Ben
Hogan
21. If I hit it right, it's a slice. If I hit it left, it's a hook.
If I hit it straight,
it's a miracle. - All us Hackers
22. The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't
improve
your lie. - George Deukmejian
And Finally
23. Golf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out
of a
bagpipe. - Lee Trevino
Golf terms
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