7 Ridiculous Ways to Die While Golfing

[scottevans77]

Ran across a link to this amusing article, thought some here may like it.
http://blog.ingamenow.com/2008/09/29...while-golfing/

If you could choose the means by which you’ll check out of this life, most men would either die old, do something gloriously macho, or in David Blaine’s case find the lamest way possible. Not many would choose getting peed on by a rat. Yet, we have evidence that golf is one of the most dangerous athletic activities anyone can partake–not because of a lightening strike or an animal attack, but apparently what appears to be natural selection working its course when they would’ve been safer fighting mma.

1997 - David Bailey, 40, of Dublin, Ireland was playing a round when he jumped into a ditch to find his lost ball at the Caddockstown golf course in Co Kildare. It turns out said ditch was inhabited by a rat who was so startled it ran up his trousers and urinated down his leg. Not to be phased, Bailey ignored his partners urging to take a shower citing that he had no visible scratches or bites–just pee. After touching his leg he proceeded to smoke a cigar and only got around to showering 4 hours later. Two weeks later he checked into a Dublin hospital with severe jaundice and dropped dead with a collapsed kidney. It turns out he contracted a bacterial infection called leptospirosis, which is often spread by rodents.

1994 - Jeremy Brenno, 16, of Gloversville, NY was so angry about his bad shot that he gave his 3-wood a good whack against a bench. Like a new scene from Final Destination the shaft broke, his club bounced back, and the broken piece pierced his pulmonary vein.

1951 - Edward Harrison of Kenmore, WA was playing a round at the Inglewood Country Club when the shaft of his driver broke and pierced his groin. He staggered 100 yards before bleeding to death.

1995 - Jean Potevan of Orleans, France was so irate after missing 3 straight puts that he threw his bag into a lake out of sheer frustration. Only problem: his car keys were also in the bag. He dove in and proceeded to drown after getting entangled in the weeds. According to his golf partner, his last words were “I’m going back for the keys, but I’m leaving the clubs down there.”

1995 - Takeo Niyama, 43, only had 2 previous convictions and had served 6 months for assaulting someone on the golf course just a year before; so obviously it sounds perfectly safe to play a round with him and make fun of his bad form. His golfing partner Aioa Sakajiri laughed at his horrible slice into a Tokyo lake, so Niyama beat him to death wtih a 5-iron.


The price was wrong for Aioa Sakjiri

1994 - Diana Nagy of Charleston, WV, became a widow when her husband Alexander Nagy fell from a golf cart while playing heavily intoxicated in a tournament at Berry Hills Country Club. Claiming the cart should’ve had seatbelts, she filed suit 2 years later seeking $15M. Her defendants included the country club, the golf cart manufacturer & 2 subsidiaries, and her own son who was driving the cart. Lesson: Don’t drink and drive, but if you do teach your son how to avoid golddiggers.

Despite all these unfortunate golfing accidents, there is one way to go that is worthy of going out in style:

1994 - Emil Kijek, 79, of North Atteboro, MA hit his first ever hole-in-one while golfing at the Sun Valley Golf Course in Rehoboth, MA. After doing so he approached the ball, said “Oh no”, and collapsed.

[Dent]

Those are great!! Wow, I never knew any of these things could kill people. It's a great place to die.

[iPutt]

I can't believe the one with the guy assaulted with the 5 iron. I guess the lesson is "Never upset your playing partner".

But lol at the price is wrong line. "The price is wrong Bob!!!"

[Harry Longshanks]

I can't recall which book I read it in, but at age 74 Bing Crosby died instantly from a massive heart attack after a round of 18 holes where Crosby and his partner had just defeated their opponents. His last words as he was walking of the course were "That was a great game of golf, fellas."

We should all be so lucky . . . well, except for the heart attack and dying part of course. That was rather unfortunate. I just meant . . . ahhhh crap, you guys know what I meant.

[Jayel]

haha, that's a great find. really funny, asides the people that actually died <_<

[EquipmentJunkie]

Working in my field the only one that disturbs me is the rat pee incident.

[Eore]

I can't recall which book I read it in, but at age 74 Bing Crosby died instantly from a massive heart attack after a round of 18 holes where Crosby and his partner had just defeated their opponents. His last words as he was walking of the course were "That was a great game of golf, fellas."

i may be spouting pure madness, but i thought Bing Crosby was to old to play and was found in a cart under a tree on the course, his favorite spot to spend days since he could no longer play.

but that might have been somebody else. my brain is too fried from chemistry to remember correctly

[Harry Longshanks]

i may be spouting pure madness, but i thought Bing Crosby was to old to play and was found in a cart under a tree on the course, his favorite spot to spend days since he could no longer play.

I think my recollection is from Mark Frost's "The Match". (Because "The Match" was arranged as the players were all in town for the Crosby Clambake which, of course, is now known as the Pebble Beach Celebrity Pro-Am.) And Frost isn't one to slack on research. FWIW, here is what Wikipedia says: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Crosby#Personal_life

At the conclusion of his work in England, Bing flew alone to Spain to hunt and play golf. Shortly after 6:00 p.m. on October 14, Crosby died suddenly from a massive heart attack after a round of eighteen holes of golf near Madrid where he and his Spanish golfing partner had just defeated their two opponents. It is widely written that his last words were "That was a great game of golf, fellas."

[tonyy]

What an interesting read! Most of these were in the last 15-20 years. I never knew deaths like these even existed.

[Petden]

Lol, that's awful. Incredably hilarious but just awfully sad. Anyway great find, I wonder what other interesting things can happen on the course.

[dave s]

True story from a local course during a wicked summer thunderstorm that included near 100 mph straight line winds and downbursts.

Two guys pulled their cart off the course under and near a stand of pretty huge trees. A bolt of lightning stuck so close that it sent one of the two golfers running for his life--literally. The lightning strike severed an 18" limb from one of the massive trees and it fell directly onto the golf cart killing the other player.

Unbelieveable.

Here's another. My dad worked his entire career for Goodyear and was part of a traveling 4-some that played Goodyear teams around the US. On an outing in GA, one of his teammates drank a bee from a can of soda and was stung several times inside his mouth and throat. They couldn't get him back to clubhouse or to medical attention before he expired.

Unbelieveable.

Come to think of it, golf is a damn DANGEROUS activitiy!!!!

dave

[NI4NI]

Don't choose Carl Spackler as your personal caddy if you happen to be a Lutheran Bishop.

Bishop: I really enjoy working with young people such as yourself down at our new Lutheran Center... Why don't you drop by sometime, eh?
Danny Noonan: I've often thought of entering the Priesthood.
Bishop: Oh, are you a Roman Catholic?
[Danny nods]
Bishop: Oh, then I'm sorry, but I'm afraid you can't come.

Tony D'Annunzio: Another Rob Roy, Bishop?
Bishop: You never ask a navy man if he'll have another drink, because it's nobody's goddamned business how much he's had already.
Judge Smails: Wrong, you're drinking too much your Excellency.
Bishop: Excellency, fiddlesticks, my name's Fred and I'm a man, same as you.
Judge Smails: You're not a man, you're a bishop, for God's sakes.
Bishop: There is no God...


HA, HA, HA...

[Jay-Bird]

I played with two guys from Dallas/Fort Worth area yesterday. They told me that recently in the area a man who was marshalling for a local tourney was killed when he was struck in the temple from a hooked tee shot. Turns out the person who hit the drive was the man's son... DAMN.

[| Night Foxx |]

I've come close to nicking a Marshal when he came around a corner.... bout scared me half to death.

[Iowa Hawkeye]

There was a lady who died because she was standing behind someone helping them swing and caught it in the head on either the backswing or followthrough.

[Marinemike]

I'm amazed that all of us aren't wearing cart seatbelts and golf helmets. Do you get a golf helmet that matches your gear, or just the one that suits you best? I still have a beer helmet. Perhaps I'll put a Taylormade sticker on it & wear that.

[timwalsh300]

How about this one from a couple months ago?

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/04/03...f-course-dies/

Imagine... you hit your drive in the fairway, you are walking up to the ball, and then the earth caves in and you fall to your death into the abyss. Unbelievable.

Years ago my grandfather famously suffered a stroke while approaching the 2nd tee-box during a round at his home course. Undeterred, he finished the first 9 holes and then went back out for 9 more before finally going to the hospital. He said that if he was going to die he wanted to do it on the golf course. I'm not sure what his playing partners were thinking. But he survived. Last summer I played that course with him and he casually pointed out to me exactly where he had his stroke.

Tim

[Petden]

I was playing with my dad last year. On one hole i noticed a man trimming the shrubs, so I got his attention and told him to be careful, I take my shot and everything is fine. As I approach a hole parallel to that hole, facing teh opposite direct I see him again, and tell him to be careful. He tells me to hit my shot anyway. Out of respect for the people behind me I take my shot, and i hit a wicked slice...it made a "B" line for his head, and becuase of the noise of the trimmer he did not hear it. Luckily he moved to trim anotehr branch and the ball just missed his head.

Watching the ball flight after impact felt slow, as if it was a movie in 1/4 speed, I couldnt do anything to warn him and I thought he was a goner. Soemthing made him move and my father and I laughed about afterwards.