Originally Posted by
bobjones59
Teed off at 11:30 today and decided to take a cart (which I don't normally do) but because of the weather forecast calling for rain I though it might come in handy. Played the first 3 holes of the old back nine and then came the rain. Decided to try and wait it out and there was some serious thunder and lightning but it passed after about 25 minutes so I proceeded to play # 4, 5 and 6. Hit driver on #7 (old # 16 - par 5) in a bit of drizzle, laid up to about 100yds in a downpour and decided to take refuge under the trees between the green and #8 tee box. Boys, I waited an hour in the absolute most brutal downfall of rain I've ever been in! I thought the cart path was going to wash away! After witnessing a couple of bolts of lightning come way to close to me and some of the loudest and scariest thunder I've ever heard in my life (check underwear) I decided to make my way back to the clubhouse. Drove right past my ball and almost got stuck in the fairway, just too much water. As I made my way up the path at the beginning of # 7 and right beside # 9 (old #18) I could see LOTS of flashing lights! I knew immediately what had happened. There were 4 police cars, 4 ambulances and 3 fire trucks and emergency personnel everywhere! One of the firemen ask if me if I was nuts to be out there, he said the last person came in over an hour ago. They thought the course was clear. I told him I was trying to wait out the storm and by being in the cart which was grounded I figured it was the safest place to be under the circumstances. So I go into the clubhouse which is jammed and the emergency personnel are tending to a couple of young kids who we're in need of medical attention. I asked a few people if everyone was OK but no one seemed to know much other than they thought that 2, maybe 3 kids we're hit by lightning. The two kids that I could see we're on oxygen and seemed OK, but that's all I could see because there were so many people around. Moral of the story I guess is that you have to be extremely careful when a storm pops up like that. I hope that eveyone turns out OK. Boys and girls, even though I got soaked today, I sure am glad I decided to take a CART!
Jeff