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Maintenance Worker Killed by Golf Tee Shot at Florida Course
- Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:31pm by
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SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - A maintenance worker at a central Florida country club is dead after being struck by a golfer’s tee shot.
Police say Maurice Hayden was pulling weeds near a tree at the Mayfair Country Club in Sanford on Wednesday when he was struck in the temple 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 shot was an accident and that the golfer will not face charges.
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Comments (96)
RightPolitically
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 8:20pmIt’s a terrible story! Prayers go out to the family…….
Report Post »WTFurnuts
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 7:07pmThe obama lip injury is just cover. He was actually in Sanford, Florida golfing.
Report Post »Bronco II
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 6:55pmVery sad such a tragic accident my thoughts and prayers are with both families.
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:30pmTo Salvawhoray: Ain’t no atheists found in foxholes, bub. Everyone who says they are usually cries for GOD when being attacked.
Report Post »coffinman
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:46pmSorry to blow that statement away, but I’m a Marine Corps combat veteran, and a 30 year plus pilot, (airplanes and helicopters,) who had plenty of close calls, and NEVER cried for any diety to save me. I know first-hand that there ARE, in fact, “Atheists in fox-holes.” Respect, and intelligent statements go both ways, amigo!
Report Post »2tonkas
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:29pmWe‘ll be blessed if they don’t now try to register golf clubs and microengrave the golf balls (ammunition).
Report Post »coffinman
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:39pmHere we go again with certain Atheists making inflamatory posts! I AM AN ATHEIST, also. I ask the rest of you to PLEASE stop making the rest of us look like idiots! People have the right to believe anything they choose without being insulted. Folks, allow me to apologise for the “others,” that make us look bad.
Report Post »BlueknightUSA
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 8:57pmThat’s ok Coffinman…no worries. You/We don’t have to believe in God…He believes in us!
Report Post »Prayers to the man’s family and thank you for your service!
Fellowman
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:01pmSad situation. Why was he weeding on a playing course? Aren’t there safety rules for employees?
Report Post »No one should ever be forward of the tee. Friend of mine learned that too late when her husband went
out with friends, took his shot, and went forward of the tee to wait. He also was hit in the temple.
He survived, but even with extensive therapy, most of his reasoning skills were lost.
tnalp
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 10:32pmHe then became a democrat.
Report Post »Diamondback
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:56pmIt’s obviously a militant right-wing attempt to subvert the death tax before the end of the year.
Report Post »New-American-Saviors
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:56pmI thought GOLF was a gentlemens -safe game . I also know of the Business deals that are made there. Too bad an innocent person had to get hurt. First Obama’s Lip and now this ! And they talk about the dangers of guns. At least WE Handle them properly.
Report Post »OK… It’s really too Bad an innocent person got hurt.
bobodu
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:44pmWas the golfer Dick Cheney??
Report Post »That‘d be another thing he’d never have apologized for.
crackerone
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 7:33pmWell we know it wasn’t Obama. The way he throws a baseball, he couldn’t hit a golf ball 30 yards in the air! Maybe if it was a autoworker passed out on the grass, B.O. might have a chance.
Report Post »SND97
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:19pmsalvawhoray wrote: religion is for weak minded people.
No religion is for those with no mind what so ever
Report Post »C.ChristieJ.Bolton2012
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:12pmWell … I’m an Air Traffic Controller so if I have no mind then you might want to think twice before you fly again.
Report Post »Ray2447
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:46pmNow why, in my discernment, do I think of Democrats, Communists, Socialists and other Godless lovers of Karl Marx when I read this, “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,” Romans 1:23
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:14pmDon’t worry a government panel is convening now. They will announce new guidelines for safety on the golf course. All golfers and groundskeepers will have to wear helmets while on the course. But first they are ordering all golf courses to close until the panel can get back with the recommendations , all in the name of safety. Isn’t Obamaville wonderful?
Report Post »stopprintn
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:51pmMaybe the Union should be called in. these workers need better protection. Warning signs, orange reflective vests, coned off work areas, and safty nets a must.
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 7:08pmTakeover of all public and private golf courses by the federal government, something else Obama has learned from Chavez.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:35pmGolfers are just like Democrats. They do something and innocents pay for it. I think they ought to take that golfer and break his hands. That way he/she can’t put another life in the balance. If he gets away with it without having to pay something then there will be a lot more of this kind of crap going on. My prayers go out to the family of the man that was killed.
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:59pmLighten up Heavy! It was an accident! Everything that is fun has certain risks involved, such is life.
Report Post »C.ChristieJ.Bolton2012
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:10pmSeriously dude – no one gets out of life alive.
Report Post »revelstoke92
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 9:36pmIf the golfer is a normal, decent human, he will suffer greatly with regret. We should add him to our prayers as well.
Report Post »mcFirst
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:30pma good lessson here. My condolenses to the families and friends.
Report Post »ALL4114ALL
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:20pmSALVAWHORAY: And your ignorance makes you even weaker. Yet those “weak minded people” would still have the same, kind thouights even for YOU if you met such an untimely death.
Report Post »Think before “speaking.”
wash1776
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:18pmMy condolences to the family. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:26pmWell Said WASH1776
Report Post »takemout
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:18pmSal, you’re an idiot!
Report Post »Paul G
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:16pmDoes this article piggy back on the post a few weeks ago about the golfer/attorney suing his buddy because he didn’t yell “FORE”!…?
Report Post »conservativeme
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:11pmHow long will it be before golfers have to wear hockey goalie helmets and wire cage facemasks on the golf course?
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:41pmAs some of them are bad enough that they shouldn’t be allowed to play golf. I used to live beside a golf course. Every time they hit a ball and it landed on my property, I would cut the ball in half and throw it back out on the course. Sure made the golfers angry. One day when I didn’t have anything to do, I cut up a about 300 golf balls and threw them back out on the course. Then when the golfers came down from the tee, they would have to hunt for their balls.
Report Post »C.ChristieJ.Bolton2012
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:07pmHeavyduty – while your story is amusing (I have lived near a golf course too). I find it funny that you didn’t realize that would happen when you bought the place. Did you view the house at night and not realize there was a course right there?
Report Post »Oil_Robb
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:02pmI dont know the rules in Florida……But where Im from all workers wear a protective hard plastic helmet made for course workers.
Either way, Im sure the golfer didnt mean it and feels bad enough, So QUIT BEEING AN AMBULANCE CHASER…Do all Americans think $$$ SUE all the time?
and You wonder why your country is going down the tubes.
You Sue the life out of your Doctors and you wonder why a tongue depresser costs $11.00 a piece
Report Post »where in my country we buy tongue depressers 500 in a box for $7.00
trolltrainer
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:14pmWhere is your country?
(in case I have to move away from mine in the near future…)
Report Post »C.ChristieJ.Bolton2012
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:02pmTrolltrainer – let’s not be defeatists and try to out victim the ultimate victims (liberals), lets stand and fight to put the fire out and rebuild the foundation of our country.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 6:19pmsigh…
Agreed. Though this place will never be right again…I wonder if it ever really was? But the whole world is going down the drain. That is a good thing, we are told that this is what will happen. Does not matter, my citizenship is not in the US, there is a much better place waiting for me, this is only temporary.
Report Post »salvawhoray
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:44pmif he didn’t yell “Fore” then the person should do some time.
Report Post »#1 rule in golf is to yell “Fore” when making a bad shot.
I confront people who don’t and take there ball as well.
Chicago Ray
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:50pmDo you take “there” ball or “their” ball?
Report Post »dwh320
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:55pmGood point Chicago… but remember this is the same guy who said “religion is for weak minded people”.
Clear to see he went to public school and not a good private religious one.
Zorba53
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:05pmAt approximately 90 mph swing speed, the ball travels approximately 40 yards in one (1) second. If the worker was 30 yards away, the player wouldn’t have had time to even see where the ball was going before it struck the worker. I’m sorry for the worker who died, and his family, but the correct thing would have been for the worker to have cleared the way and for the player to have waited until he was clear.
Report Post »dsegrnmt
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:07pmYou must not be one those “weak minded” (your term) individuals who is religious , so I have to assume you are just dumb! When addressing something owned by another, the correct word is “their” item. Not “there” as you used.
Report Post »By the way, taking someone elses golf ball is theft. Guess you do not have any morals like the “weak minded” religious folks, huh?
RestoreCapitalism
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:22pmSal has obviously had his taken away. And by the way Sal, atheism is for fools.
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:51pmSalvawhoray,
Man, for such a strong minded person you sure seem kind of dumb. From only 30 yards away yelling fore would do absolutely no good at all. Then you “confront” them and steal their ball? No wonder you don’t believe in God, too much competition for you.
Additionally, when you brag about your strong mind you might want to work on spelling and grammar lest you look like a fool. You might want to stick to posting on MTV sites, your’e way out of your league here.
Report Post »C.ChristieJ.Bolton2012
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:59pmDWH320 – I say government schools instead of public schools. Truthiness!
Report Post »pgacorky
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 7:36pmsalvawhoray, I challenge you to find the rule stating the requirement to yell “Fore” after a bad shot. This is suggestion passed down from golfers of the past not a rule. If you take a persons‘ ball who hasn’t shown you the curtesy of warning you of his/her errant shot then you are also guilty of being a ******** as well as a thief. You probably should consider taking up a different sport as your obvious inappropriate displays of bad judgement and ill temper make you unsuited for a game for HONEST Ladies or Gentlemen.
travlman77
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:44pmWow!
Report Post »I guess when it’s your time, it’s your time
13thgenerati0namerican
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:42pmFirsties like a guy!
MAULEMALL
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:52pmYea but ,,, like a really effeminate guy…
dick.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:47pm13th gen parents are both mom and dad and aunt and uncle
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:05pmQuit posting as me A-HOLE
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:17pm13thgenerati0namerican: Psychosis is Replying to you not posting as you. It aint Rocket Science
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:37pmThere you go again 13th … thinking you are always “first” and thinking that it matters here…… how sad.
Report Post »fluffychainsaw
Posted on November 27, 2010 at 9:02pm“13thgenerati0namerican” what are you five…and you look like an idiot not even being close to first. also, you must be a progressive paid troll, do you ever get off of the blaze.
Report Post »KEA
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:41pmSo sad. Prayers are with all those effected.
Report Post »13thgenerati0namerican
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:43pmI cried for at least an hour after reading this!
walkwithme1966
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 8:41pmWow, I didn’t know that a golf ball could kill someone – I guess it has to hit just in the right spot. Goes to show that you never know when the end is near. So sorry for the family! http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:40pmLord be with his surviving family; comfort and consol them for the future to come. May peace be with them from now on.
Also Lord, do not let anyone use this to forward their own political agendas. Let the family find peace.
Report Post »salvawhoray
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 12:45pmreligion is for weak minded people.
FED-UP-AND-READY-TO-TAKE-ACTION
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:13pmSo sad. But we all have a time and when it comes be ready. Pray for his family that they will have all their needs fulfilled. Also remember the person who hit him as he too will need prayers.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:18pm“religion is for weak minded people.”
I am weak but though art strong
Report Post »Jesus keep me from all wrong
I’ll be satisfied as long
As I walk, let me walk
Close to thee…
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Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:41pmSORRY FOR THE DIFF. SUBJECT
Sen. Kerry rents out 2,000-seat Boston Symphony Hall to celebrate — himself…
I don’t think He can fill it. Who would go for this Crap? American Haters?
He didn‘t tell you His Wife is cutting the check because He’s a Mooch. CLICK ->
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1298945
Ookspay
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:41pm@salvawhoray “religion is for weak minded people.”
Report Post »I guess it takes a “strong” mind like yours to come on here and make such an irrelevant and insulting comment, just to offend with nothing to gain or add. Perhaps if you felt the present of God you would be a nicer person.
kindling
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:49pmSalvawhoray, I have no problem with you not believing there is a God. It makes no difference what each person believes because in the end we will all know the one truth and everything will come out fair based on who we each choose to be and choose to act. We each earn what we want most.
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 1:57pmSalvawhoray: Even the Atheist sees the shadow that “nothing” casts.
Report Post »TNT1
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:08pmWas obama in Florida??????
Report Post »d35player
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:31pmAnd callousness is for a** holes!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:35pmSo sorry for this families loss …. also sorry it wasn’t my ex-husband (deadbeat father) who last I knew worked at a golf resort in Central Florida.
I expect the government will soon require helmets and protective pads for all golf course workers … I am NOT joking.
Report Post »C.ChristieJ.Bolton2012
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 2:47pmSalvawhoray – Socialism is for week minded cowards who are too afraid to live. Religion is for everyone.
Report Post »Zoe
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:32pmsalvawhoray …. you are right!
In comparison to the awesome wonders of my God, religion is not worthy.
Report Post »Ray2447
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 3:34pmMarxist ideology is the opiate of: Communists, Democrats, Socialists, Gender Feminists, and National Socialists. Collectively, (and they’re all about collectivism) they ruin country after country with their wimpy intellects and laziness.
Report Post »runajam1
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 4:46pm”When the Atheist dies and encounters God instead of the nothingness he predicted, he’ll recognize that atheism was the cheap answer because he refused the one thing that was not cheap – The God of infinite value.”
Report Post »Taxpayer550
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 5:22pmHatred of religion is for fools and those who wish to live immorally.
“The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.” – Psalm 14:1
Report Post »TheBees
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 7:27pmReally scary, especially since I work on a golf course! All you golfers out there in Blazerland, WE ARE NOT THERE TO PROVIDE YOU MOVING TARGETS!!! BEING HIT WITH A GOLF BALL HURTS LIKE HELL! I was told by a golfer once, who had been shot several times while in Vietnam, that being hit with a golf ball hurt almost as much as a bullet.
Report Post »WereTurtle
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 8:02pm“religion is for weak minded people.”
In truth, intolerance is for weak minded people.
Report Post »revelstoke92
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 8:52pmA true atheist would just chuckle quietly to himself, not pine for attention. I will pray for you and then chuckle quietly to myself over your simple defeat.
Report Post »KingArthurUp
Posted on November 26, 2010 at 11:33pmPeople who say religion is for weak minded people are weak minded people.
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on November 27, 2010 at 5:53amA high school friend of mine died by a golf ball hit in the temple. Golf balls can be extremely dangerous.
Report Post »Reagan/Demint.deciple
Posted on November 27, 2010 at 4:38pmOh yeah salivabreath,you’d be the first person to start praying to him when your life flashed before your eyes ,hypocrite.. it’s always the non believes that start to pray first..
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on November 27, 2010 at 9:56pmSnowleopard3200 thank you for your beautiful prayer. I wish people would have left their snide comments out of this sad story.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on November 27, 2010 at 10:01pmsalva whatever: weak minded people? What a caustic, cruel statement to make. I pray that God will show his loving mercy & compassion towards you to change your hate filled heart with empathy for others. God forgive you & bless you.
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