Golfer sets the course on fire...

[Sweetleaf22]

Over the weekend, a golfer's routine swing in the rough at the Shady Canyon Golf Course in Irvine, Calif., struck a rock. Not so different from the way you play, right? Only this time, the impact caused a spark, and the spark set off a blaze that eventually covered 25 acres, according to the Steven Buck, General Manager of Shady Canyon Golf Course, and required the efforts of 150 Orange County firefighters, writes the Associated Press.


The golfer's name is being withheld, which is probably for the best, and no charges are going to be filed. Fortunately, it all could have been much worse. As it was, the blaze required both helicopters and on-the-ground crews.

The conditions were ripe for a blaze, with dry brush from a recent heat wave just waiting for the right spark. Like, say, one caused by metal on rock.


Yahoo
Photo credit: Thanks to Zach Bates


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[revnecro1273]

thought it would have been in pittsburgh

[mark12]

Originally Posted by revnecro1273

thought it would have been in pittsburgh

No, something burned so that's OK if it happens somewhere else. Only good thing happen in pittsburgh.

[Sweetleaf22]

Originally Posted by revnecro1273

thought it would have been in pittsburgh

thought you might say something funny for once




but na

[LordCC]

Well, that is quite the visual!

[Ron Mexico]

I've been "on fire" on a golf course but have never started one.

[Sweetleaf22]

im always smokin herbie on the course, luckly its not that dry around here..