CBS Sports: LOOK: This lightning strike on a golf green is crazy and scary

[Omaha Steve]

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http://www.cbssports.com/golf/eye-on-golf/25192738/look-this-lightning-strike-on-a-golf-green-is-crazy-and-scary

By Kyle Porter | Golf Writer
May 22, 2015 9:58 am ET

That photo is apparently Stonebridge Golf Club in Utah after a thunderstrom which produced lightning which produced one of the most terrifying photos I've ever seen.

Here's Fox 13:

“Our superintendent, Matt Isabel–the next morning actually when he was taking care of the golf course–noticed that the lightning had struck the flag stick and then sent out that octopus-like mark on the green, and he photographed it and came in and shared it with us in the golf shop,” said Paul Phillips, who is the marketing director of the Stonebridge Golf Club.

That photograph went viral, receiving thousands of shares on social media, including on Reddit after a post by user Geoffreypjs.

“As of now, over 18,000 people have viewed that picture,” Phillips said. “So, it's really cool, typically we don't have 1 percent of that response for a Facebook post, so it's really been exceptional.”

FULL story at link.

[petronius]

1. Very cool! Lightning does interesting stuff when it hits the ground, check

out images of fulgurite for some more wild structures.

This picture ought to be a valuable lesson for any golfer tempted to finish off those last few holes when thunderstorms are in the area...

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. wow

[jwirr]

3. The rod no doubt acted as a lightning rod.

[MrScorpio]

4. If you're not thinking about Caddyshack right now, you're just not thinking. nt