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74-Year-Old [Florida] Golfer Opens Fire on Man Walking Dog on Delray Beach Golf Course, Beats Him with Club
2022-04-29
[Breitbart] "went ballistic"
A 74-year-old golfer lost his mind on Sunday when he saw a man walking his dog on Delray Beach, Florida, golf course, but he didn’t just yell at the guy. Instead, he reportedly broke out a rosco and started shooting at him. Then he attacked with a club when he ran out of ammo.

Certainly, it is against the rules to walk a dog on the golf course. That goes without saying. But the golfer’s reaction is extreme, to be sure.

According to a report at WPBF TV, witnesses alleged that 74-year-old golfer Robert Levine went ballistic when he saw 64-year-old Herbert Merritt walking his dog along the 15th hole on Sunday evening at about 7 p.m.

Levine became furious and began shooting at and chasing Merritt around the green. He maimed the dog lover in the ankle and then smacked him with a golf club after setting the gat aside.

Posted by:Skidmark

#6  Dog Walker should have been carrying a 1-Iron with him to hold up in case someone started shooting.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-04-29 17:23  

#5  Many years ago I was playing golf with some friends when we got to the 10th hole tee

Evergreen CO is in the mountains west of Denver, @8000 ft. Common course practice was to issue a bucket of range balls with each cart. The 10th hole was wide and long, like a mountain pasture.

On more than one occasion, range balls were used to startle and drive the elk herd from the green into the rough.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-04-29 14:17  

#4  Many years ago I was playing golf with some friends when we got to the 10th hole tee. There was a couple who were setting up a picnic in the middle of the fairway halfway to the green. When I pointed out this was a golf course and not a picnic ground the young woman said, "We are in this park and we have every right to be here". I then pointed to the actual park and told her that was the park. They refused to leave so we played through. When we got to the green and looked back the course manager was escorting them off.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2022-04-29 12:17  

#3  If the dog did what doggies sometimes do on the green...
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-04-29 12:01  

#2  I'm a lifelong golfer, and yes, some of the clan get too wound up over non-golfers on the course. OTOH, I'm pretty much dog agnostic, but have had lots of trouble with "dog people" from time to time.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-04-29 08:00  

#1  I'm guessing this isn't their first "discussion"
Posted by: Frank G   2022-04-29 06:47  

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