Man struck by lightning at while playing golf on the Freeway...

[SunnySong]

Pinellas County emergency officials reported that a man had been injured after being struck by lightning at the Feather Sound Country Club at 2:58 p.m.

St. Petersburg Fire Rescue said the 66-year-old man was playing golf and the lightning struck him while he was standing out on the freeway , which caused him to fall to the ground.

Fire officials say he had no burns and he is in good shape, but shaken up a bit.

The man has been taken to Bayfront Medical Center as a precaution.

http://www.baynews9.com/article/news/2010/july/121680/Man-struck-by-lightning-at-Feather-Sound-Country-Club


I don't know about you guys but I usually take a mulligan if my drive goes into more than two lanes of traffic.


BTW I believe this station has outsouced its editorial staff to India... can you tell.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. That would not have been my first guess at possible outcomes.

[redwitch]

2. Jeez, what are the odds of that?

I would have thought he'd be more likely to be hit by a tour bus on the freeway. Some folks are just plain unlucky.

[Brother Buzz]

3. He should have stuck with his old hickory shafted Persimmon freeway wood

I have it on good authority the old hickory shafted woods don't conduct electricity well.

[RandomThoughts]

6. Hence the use of water also :) n/t

[gratuitous]

4. Lee Trevino once said . . .

If you're caught by a lightning storm while out golfing, hold a 9-iron over your head. Even God Almighty can't hit a 9-iron, according to Trevino.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. shades of "Caddyshack"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rurallib]

7. was the golf course in the median?

I believe this actually fits here

[SunnySong]

8. I believe that the editor of the piece being located in Bangalore didn't

know the differance between FAIRWAY and FREEWAY...

glad to see my local news saves money by outsourcing

[rurallib]

9. I am such an idiot.