FORE-Alarm Fire Ignited By Swing On Japanese Course
For the average golfer, springtime is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the weather’s nicer, the golf clubs can come out of hiding from behind the Halloween decorations in the garage, beer can be supped in front of a fairway instead of in front of a television and most of us can’t remember how much the dogleg on Hole Four frustrated us all last year.
On the other hand, short of a few special courses, the greenskeepers of your public and even of the private courses haven’t fully manicured them yet. Greens are long, roughs are, well, rough, there’s no lemonade in the periodic dispensers. It can be unbearable, man.
Even in Japan, the back nine of the Miya Hill 36 coulda used a watering:
A golfer literally burned up the back nine of a golf course when an iron shot apparently ignited a fire that burned about 900 square meters of fairway and rough, according to the police.
The police believe the club’s impact with the ball created a spark that started the fire on extremely dry grass at Miya Hill 36 Golf Club in Taiwacho, Miyagi Prefecture, on Saturday.
Firefighters and golf club staffers extinguished the fire 25 minutes after it started. No one was injured in the incident.
According to the police, the fire occurred when a golfer in his 50s from the prefecture hit a 5-iron out of the rough on the 513-yard 17th hole at about 1:20 p.m.
Honest question: Would starting a fire with your swing fill you with confidence in the future or dread?
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