Most golfers know, golf carts do not float. In fact, they are prone to sinking faster then a titleist missing the green on Sawgrass’s 17th. But that didn’t stop one Canyon Creek legend from testing the waters with what he mistakenly thought was an amphibious cart. It wasn’t. The EZ Go is not a Hovercraft.
While searching for his golf ball that apparently was sitting dangerously close to the water in front of the number 8 tee box at Canyon Creek, Truman Casey drove dangerously close to the pond. He said he was easing along when the tires slipped spinning the cart around. Fearing the cart would crush him, Casey jumped, belly flopping into the pond. (That’s Casey below, not happy about me taking pictures)
Witnesses tell a different story. They say Casey looked more like Burt Reynolds playing Hooper the Hollywood Stuntman. His golf partners insist Casey was racing towards the pond at top speed, jumping the cart path curb then slamming on the breaks throwing the EZ Go into a controlled skid all while talking on the phone. That controlled skid quickly got out of control, launching the cart into the water and Casey into the air, flipping him into the pond. When he emerged from the muck and grime, Truman Casey looked like the creature from the Black Lagoon and smelled even worse.
The lesson, don’t drive a golf cart on a steep wet embankment next to a creek, but most of all don’t let Truman Casey drive.
April 22, 2008 at 9:26 am |
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