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Kyle Henderson

Spooky Moments
« on: October 31, 2007, 05:14:32 PM »
In honor of Halloween:

What was your scariest moment on a golf course?

Playing the 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass with $$$ on the line?

Hitting a large, angry man with a stray tee shot?

Breaking a very expensive window with a shanked iron?

Having a heart attack on the 12th green (less fun maybe, but possibly a good anecdote…)?

Hitting your opening tee shot in a pro-am?
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Joe Hancock

Re:Spooky Moments
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2007, 05:18:20 PM »
I was 21 y/o, and qualified for the Dodge National Long Drive Championship. I had to tee off with thousands lining the fairway, as it was the opening event at a Senior Tour event. I was the tenth qualifier, therefore the first to tee off. My knees were never so weak.

Joe
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Jason Topp

Re:Spooky Moments
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2007, 06:02:06 PM »
Down $200 with $100 in my pocket and a job that paid minimum wage.
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Jim_Kennedy

Re:Spooky Moments
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2007, 06:06:29 PM »
Looking right at a bolt of lightning that hit a tree right behind  a green, just as I was in the follow through of a nine iron approach. Totally blinded me and sent me to the ground, as several more strikes happened in rapid succession all around me.

Luckily, it only damaged my boxers  ;)  
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Guy Nicholson

Re:Spooky Moments
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2007, 06:13:57 PM »
Standing on the eighth tee of the fourth nine with my father when I was a teenager. (Cue Vincent Price voiceover.) His wife suddenly appears up near the green. We had been due home shortly after the second nine. Haven't heard from him in 18 years.
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Dan Kelly

Re:Spooky Moments
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2007, 06:44:45 PM »
Lightning about a hundred yards away, as I RAN across the 18th fairway (and I never RUN unless it's absolutely necessary) to escape a very fast-moving thunderstorm, at Blueberry Pines Golf Course in Menagha, Minnesota, about 10 years ago.

The hair on my arms and neck stood up.

It's standing up, just remembering.

Happy Halloween.
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Jay Flemma

Re:Spooky Moments
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2007, 06:47:08 PM »
Running like hell from a tornado.
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Gerry B

Re:Spooky Moments
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2007, 10:41:55 PM »
1)getting hit in the face by a golf ball on the fly at my home course in toronto - my guest thinned a chip from 10 yards off the green  -  miraculously the ball hit me above the jaw and below the eye socket - i was knocked out for a few seconds - sustained a small bruise which healed in a few days - the dimples from the ball left a temporary mark on my cheek. one of the members of our club who was playing in our foursome is an orthopedic surgeon, said that i was very lucky not to sustain a broken jaw or a fractured eye socket

2) 1 pm on the 1st tee at Merion with a full gallery having lunch - managed to hit my drive down the middle
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PThomas

Re:Spooky Moments
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2007, 09:46:34 AM »
Quote from: Jim_Kennedy on October 31, 2007, 06:06:29 PM
Looking right at a bolt of lightning that hit a tree right behind  a green, just as I was in the follow through of a nine iron approach. Totally blinded me and sent me to the ground, as several more strikes happened in rapid succession all around me.

Luckily, it only damaged my boxers  ;)  

reminds me of the story i heard earlier this year about a golfer in Florida....lightning hit im in one leg, crossed over to his other leg, went out that foot and BLEW THE TOES OFF HIS FOOT!

this is a great story to tell your kids, btw, to make sure they are importance of getting inside when lightning is around
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David Stamm

Re:Spooky Moments
« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2007, 11:02:38 AM »
Having a police car drive down my street last Monday morning at 2am telling my and family abd I we had to evacuate immediately......
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