Golfer was in golf cart that plunged 75 feet off cliff

**ISUFan22** · 05-23-2007, 08:23 AM

SI.com link

ALLBROOK, Calif. (AP) -- A 65-year-old golfer died Tuesday after his golf cart plunged 75 feet off a cliff and crashed into a road below, authorities said.

The man teed off with three friends on the second hole of the Pala Mesa Resort Golf Course in northern San Diego County at around 10 a.m. and then got into his cart.

The vehicle veered off the concrete pathway, traveled down a 25-foot embankment and went over the edge of a cliff, California Highway Patrol spokesman Tom Kerns said.

The recently retired real estate agent from Irvine was ejected shortly before the cart hit the road beneath the cliff and died on impact, Kerns said. His name was not immediately released.

No one else was involved in the crash.

Investigators will inspect the golf cart for mechanical failures, Kerns said.

**keepngoal** · 05-23-2007, 08:27 AM

whow.

That is really too bad. I am curious as to the course layout, specifically hole #2. As how you can get in so much trouble by just being a bit off of the cart path.

- keep.

**chadm** · 05-23-2007, 08:42 AM

Link to 16 pictures.
Slideshow

**ISUFan22** · 05-23-2007, 08:49 AM

Money says a fence will be put in along that cliff within the next month.

**JordanHXC** · 05-23-2007, 08:56 AM

did the rest of his foursome get penalized for slow play?

**SuperCy** · 05-23-2007, 09:01 AM

That's quite a penalty for a drive out of bounds.

**SuperCy** · 05-23-2007, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by JordanHXC

did the rest of his foursome get penalized for slow play?

I sat on my joke waiting for someone to beat me to it. Then when nobody did, I went ahead and posted. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one w/ a sick sense of humor.

**keepngoal** · 05-23-2007, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by chadm

Link to 16 pictures.
Slideshow

thanks. slide 8 =

-keep.

**cllions05** · 05-23-2007, 09:05 AM

His golf game really took a dive there.

**Cloner97** · 05-23-2007, 09:11 AM

Uh, golf carts don't travel that fast. Dude could have jumped out. I smell a lawsuit in the works.

**keepngoal** · 05-23-2007, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by Cloner97

Uh, golf carts don't travel that fast. Dude could have jumped out. I smell a lawsuit in the works.

it wouldn't have taken much to be off that cart path, then down the hill by looking at the pics..... So he may not have had any time.

Now thinking about this and seeing the pics, there were two sets of clubs pulled from the wreck, where was the other player? did he jump off? was he still on the tee? Did he push the cart?

- keep.

**Knownothing** · 05-23-2007, 09:27 AM

Did someone yell FORE to the cars below.

**HILLCYD** · 05-23-2007, 09:30 AM

If it was me, my ball would have been on the highway too, but I probably would have sucked it up and walked down there to get it. Some people are so lazy...