This is unbelievable!

[SalvadorMontenegro]

http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=5517195

IRVINE, Calif. -- Forget "Fore!"

"Fire!" was the cry of the day for a golfer whose off-target swing sparked a 12-acre blaze in Southern California.

The golfer at the Shady Canyon Golf Course in Irvine landed a shot in the rough Saturday. On his next swing, his club snagged a rock, causing a spark that lit the rough ablaze and eventually attracted 150 firefighters to the scene.

Fire officials say the fire burned through the rough, into vegetation next to the course and over two dry, brushy hillsides.

No charges were filed against the golfer, whose name was withheld.

 

[dklaiman]

I swear. I wasn't even playing that day.

 

[Defend Tacoma]

Wow! I was thinking maybe someone had swapped out his ball for one of those novelty exploding ones. Or flicked a cigarette butt or something. That's wild!

 

[azmark]

Wow, talk about bad luck!!

 

[SpyvSpy]

Now that's a "hot shot"

 

[NBT]

That's a new one on me. Should pick up the slow play...

 

[thebikingengineer]

Strike a piece of Titanium just right and it's possible. One in a billion, but it could happen.

 

[Doc4]

It's a two-stroke penalty if the fire damages or alters the lie of the ball of any other player in his foursome.