This is a good reminder to be a little more cautious the next time you retrieve your putt. You probably won’t find a snake at the bottom of the hole, but there’s not a zero-percent chance.
We hope the following tributes to others that golf lost in 2022—prominent icons of the game such as Australians Jack Newtown and Bob Shearer, teachers and those who loved to chronicle the sport—can in a small way pay homage to their lives and highlight how golf connects us all.
The victim accidentally hit his shot towards the wrong hole and the suspect, 22-year-old Wesley Caldwell of Nesbit, Mississippi, threw the rogue ball across the course and struck him with his golf club on the left side of the head, knocking him to the ground.
As the 13th edition of the Playoffs begin in 2019, the changes set to play out over the next three weeks are more than subtle tweaks but rather a dramatic overhaul to the end-of-the-season event.
Australian Golf Digest
