Saddest golf story ever. A 38-year old housewife named Takae Gassho was playing golf with her family in Hokkaido when she suddenly fell into a deep hole in the ground and died. The hole was hidden by grass, so there was no way she could have seen it. There was water at the bottom—what police believe to be part of a subterranean melt water path—and by the time rescuers got her our half an hour later, she was dead. She was playing at the Le Petaw golf course in Abira.
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April 09, 2009
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すごく悲しいっすね。Do they know what that hole was there for?
Posted by: Skeptical Halfbreed | April 09, 2009 at 11:00 PM
You know, golf is a really dangerous sport... I broke my tibia last year while having a great game of golf.
Reason: Caddy drove the buddy and me into a tree...
There are more freak accidents in golf than you can ever imagine..
Posted by: Kelvin Richards | April 10, 2009 at 02:57 AM
Buggy, not buddy.. Sorry for the typo
Posted by: Kelvin Richards | April 10, 2009 at 02:58 AM