Comments

You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name

Your e-mail (optional)

Website (optional)

	My Original Nic Pic-a-Nic Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Foto

Submit your comments on this article

-Short Attention Span Theater-

Golfer Killed After Golf Cart Plunges Off Cliff

2007-05-23

A 65-year-old golfer died Tuesday after his golf cart plunged 75 feet off a cliff and crashed into a road below, authorities said.
I hate it when that happens.

"I think my ball is over he-e-e-e-e-e-e-r-r-r-e-e-e-e ...."

Edwin Payne teed off with three friends on the second hole of the Pala Mesa Resort Golf Course in northern San Diego County at around 10 a.m. and then got into his cart. The vehicle veered off the concrete pathway, traveled down a 25-foot embankment and went over the edge of the cliff, said California Highway Patrol spokesman Tom Kerns said.

Payne, a recently retired real estate agent from Irvine, was ejected shortly before the cart hit the road beneath the cliff and died on impact, Kerns said. No one else was involved in the crash.

Investigators will inspect the golf cart for mechanical failures, Kerns said. Drugs or alcohol were not thought to have been factors in the crash.
Huh? Not drinking on the golf course?

Could have been worse, he could have driven his car up on the sidewalk at a mall ...

Posted by:Spot

#7 poor copycat of the schmuck that left his rides (car and girlfriend) on the tracks and the Orange Blossom Special turned him into goo and spared the girl... maybe the golf cart isn't a total either....

Posted by: USN. Ret. 2007-05-23 14:47

#6 #4 reminds me of:
A couple of guys were playing golf when a funeral procession drove by. One golfer removed his hat and stood at attention until it was past. His buddy said "That was very nice of you." The other guy said "It was the least I could do. We would have been married 45 years next month."

Posted by: Rambler 2007-05-23 14:19

#5 We really shouldn't be making fun of this poor guy, but . . . aw, hell! this reminds me of a joke:

Guy comes home from his weekly golf appointment with his buddy Phil in a clearly shaken mood.

"What happened?" his wife asks.

"Phil died."

"Oh, no."

"We were getting ready to tee off on number three when he had a heart attack and just fell to the ground and died right there in front of me."

"Oh! That must have been awful!"

"That was just the beginning. After that, it was: tee off; drag Phil; make the approach shot; drag Phil to the green; hole out; drag Phil to the next tee box; on and on for sixteen holes!"

Posted by: Mike 2007-05-23 12:54

#4 a Metaphor for American House Prices.

Posted by: Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2007-05-23 10:55

#3 Take a two stroke penalty? Hell, Im going to play it were it laaaaaaaaaaays

Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-05-23 09:18

#2 Was the golf cart equipped with GPS? "Turn right now."

Posted by: Jackal 2007-05-23 08:44

#1 He lived up to his name.

Posted by: BrerRabbit 2007-05-23 08:29

00:00