This Day in History: Michael Scaglione died after smashing his golf club against a golf cart on this day (April 15) in 1982. The head broke off and impaled him in the throat, severing his jugular vein.
I'm not even sure this was the worst death on a golf course.
In February 2018, a New Zealand man was struck and killed by a golf ball while teeing off.
"A man left a Virginia country club with a headache, which was compounded by fever, nausea and a rash. Four days later, he was in the hospital covered with blisters and died from a severe allergic reaction to a pesticide used on the course." Source
A young man from Arizona died after drinking from a golf-course water cooler. The water was contaminated, and he died as a result.
A man in Ireland was searching for his ball when a rat bit him. He died two weeks later from kidney failure, a symptom of Weil's disease, which is carried by rats.
A man in Australia died after a large branch broke off a tree and struck him while he was waiting to tee off. He suffered several injuries that contributed to his death less than a week later.
One man in South Africa was attacked and killed by crocodiles while searching for his golf balls.
Three men at the Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw Georgia were gunned down and killed in 2021.
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