Caddie dies from golf shot - golfer allegedly hit ball w/o looking

[nevets88]

Caddie died from a blood clot as a result of being hit by ball. According to the article, player carelessly hit a ball without looking to see if it would hit anyone.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Injured-by-a-golf-shot-caddie-dies-at-AIIMS/articleshow/13366409.cms

[Beachcomber]

Sounds terrible.  One of my bosses from a previous employer told me a story of a guy he knew that got hit in the leg with a golf ball.  The ball caused an aneurysm which the man later died from.

It's pretty crazy to think that getting hit by a golf ball could cause someone to expire.

[David in FL]

I HATE it whenever that happens!

[utztech]

I was playing with my brother yesterday and we were driving up to the green on the par 3 ninth.  I was driving and suddenly we see a white blob, I thought it was a bird, but then a I heard a bang.  I stopped and looked at my brother and he told me he had put his arm in front of his face when he saw it and it hit his arm.  It would have hit him square in the face otherwise.  I looked around and saw a player teeing off on 10. He must have hit a wicked push hook for the ball to fly at us at that angle.  I can't really be mad at the guy since we have all hit bad shots, but he could have at least come over and said he was sorry.  Instead he skipped the 10th hole, I assume out of embarrassment.

[newtogolf]

Since I know I'm a bit wild off the tee I always watch for people playing or riding nearby to my left just to avoid this situation.  I'm sure the guy was embarrassed and felt horrible, if it was me I'd apologized and called it a day.

Originally Posted by utztech

I was playing with my brother yesterday and we were driving up to the green on the par 3 ninth.  I was driving and suddenly we see a white blob, I thought it was a bird, but then a I heard a bang.  I stopped and looked at my brother and he told me he had put his arm in front of his face when he saw it and it hit his arm.  It would have hit him square in the face otherwise.  I looked around and saw a player teeing off on 10. He must have hit a wicked push hook for the ball to fly at us at that angle.  I can't really be mad at the guy since we have all hit bad shots, but he could have at least come over and said he was sorry.  Instead he skipped the 10th hole, I assume out of embarrassment.

[johnclayton1982]

A public course near me has a green we call "death valley".  Its behind a hill, and to the right of the green of the hardest hole on the course, a 220 yard par 3 with a forced carry over water nearly the entire way.  The death valley green is in the exact spot where an overswinging player will slice a bannana 3 wood.  There is a layup area left of the green (you can hit a PW to a pretty comfortable pitch), but everyone goes for it with a wood.  The huge slices often land on the 4th green.  its awful.  I was there about a month ago and heard a low volume, low pitch whisle and felt a little breeze.  Then heard "thunk" as a ball hit about 4 feet behind me.  It was scary.  I don't play that course any longer - they have a huge sign in front of that green that says golfers only - proceed at own risk.

Incidentally, that green is also where I saw the funniest thing I've ever seen on a golf course.  A guy sliced his 3 wood onto that green, then tried to hit a wedge off that green, hit it totally fat, and dug a huge hole in the green.  The guy cursed himself out and picked up.  On his way off the green, near the back, he stopped, took out his tool, and fixed the divot mark where his ball had hit.... LEAVING BEHIND A 2 INCH BY 2 INCH HOLE.  It was pretty funny to watch unfold.