Golf can be deadly game ... man killed in Florida

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
No-one is suggesting that all golfers and greenkeeping staff should wear hard hats on the golf course but two events recently in the news are a reminder to us all that that golf can be a dangerous even deadly game.
First there's the ongoing lawsuit in America involving a man who lost the sight of an eye when he was struck by a shot from a partner who, he claimed, did not shout "Fore" as a warning.
Now comes news of a Thanksgiving Day tragedy in Florida.
A man, described as "a maintenance worker" at a central Florida Country Club, has died after being hit by a golfer's tee shot.
Police say Maurice Hayden was pulling up weeds near a tree at the Mayfair Country Club in Sanford on Wednesday when he was struck on the temple by a golf ball, hit from about 30 yards away.
The 42-year-old man was taken to Central Florida Regional Hospital. Police say he died Thursday after being removed from life support.

Police say the stray shot and its tragic consequences were an accident and that the golfer will not face charges.