Couple Suing Golf Course After 13th Hole Brawl Ended With a Golf Club Impaling the Husband’s Leg
Back in February, there was a fight on a Fort Worth golf course when one group tried to play ahead of another. Clay Carpenter and wife Gina were part of a threesome that were told to play through a foursome on the next hole. A golf course marshal allegedly insisted they play ahead of another group. It didn’t quite work out. Form the Dallas Morning News:
The marshal told Carpenter’s group to wait as he cleared it with the group ahead. The marshal returned and said it was OK to play through but added the comment, “One of them up there ain’t right.”
In attempting to play through the groups got into a verbal altercation. Carpenter was then struck “tomahawk-style” with a putter by a player of the other group causing the putter head to break off. Carpenter then attempted to tackle the other player and suffered a stab wound from falling on the jagged putter shaft. The wound punctured his right femoral artery. The suit states that Carpenter passed out from bleeding on the golf course. He now has limited use of his leg and still could face amputation.
If you’re going to go die on a golf course, it has to be from lightning, not a violent confrontation.
Previously: Golfers Try to “Play Through,” One Guy Ends Up Getting Stabbed by a Golf Club Shaft

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September 19th, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Go on…..
September 19th, 2012 at 11:30 AM
This would’ve been the perfect post for the ambulance to make its long-awaited, glorious return to the TBL image bank.
September 19th, 2012 at 11:32 AM
RAT FARTS!!!
September 19th, 2012 at 11:35 AM
Completely agree.*
*if you’re a fucking pussy
September 19th, 2012 at 11:36 AM
Well…did they end up playing through?
September 19th, 2012 at 11:41 AM
What’s his handicap?
September 19th, 2012 at 11:45 AM
This is a national trend and if this blog can continue to discuss golf only terms of these these violent on-course incidents, we can somehow move past this terrible blemish on society.
/USA 15-13
September 19th, 2012 at 11:47 AM
What’s his handicap?
Right now I’d say it’s a leg with limited mobility.
September 19th, 2012 at 11:47 AM
I assume playing through is generally frowned upon?
September 19th, 2012 at 11:48 AM
golfers are assholes
September 19th, 2012 at 11:48 AM
what, sample size?
ok
September 19th, 2012 at 11:48 AM
assume playing through is generally frowned upon
What’s frowned upon is asshats playing incredibly slow, measuring putts front and back and generally playing like Kevin Na. If a group is on your tail and waiting every shot, then let them through. Drives me insane.
September 19th, 2012 at 11:49 AM
What’s his handicap?
Right now I’d say it’s a leg with limited mobility.
vladdy needed an assist for the commenter triple double apparently
September 19th, 2012 at 11:50 AM
Or bringing your wife to the course.
September 19th, 2012 at 11:50 AM
vladdy needed an assist for the commenter triple double apparently
I guess he was feeling generous today and wanted to leave one up on a tee for someone else.
September 19th, 2012 at 11:51 AM
I was just curious and the online reviews of this course are hilarious.
“Don’t waste your money unless you prefer 5 hour rounds. No starter or marshal on duty (Sunday at 1pm) Really? This course is horribly layed out”
“Several of the holes are very close and dangerous to play.”
September 19th, 2012 at 11:51 AM
Yup, and if I’m in a foursome with three playing behind us if they get close I support teeing off and letting them pass (assuming the course isn’t packed to the point where it doesn’t matter obviously)
September 19th, 2012 at 11:52 AM
I have no problem playing through or letting others play through. It’s when you try to be a complete asshole about it is when it becomes an issue.
September 19th, 2012 at 11:56 AM
Playing through is awesome, on a good day. Step up, bomb one down the middle and act like a pimp, twirling that club on the way down.
/never happens like that
September 19th, 2012 at 12:05 PM
slow play rarely bothers me unless it’s truly horrible. i like the time to practice and rehearse my shot.
September 19th, 2012 at 12:44 PM
So, it’s not just football fans. Whew, for a minute there I was worried.
Dang!
September 19th, 2012 at 12:55 PM
For some reason, this story reminds me of the foursome who were playing near the Pittsburgh area a few years abck, and one dropped dead of a heart attack. The others placed his body to the side of the green, then continued to play on. Their excuse: they were only a couple of holes from the clubhouse anyway, and he would have wanted them to play on.
September 19th, 2012 at 2:09 PM
There was a fivesome with 4 women who refused to let us (a threesome) play through. I called the course, and they sent a guy to break them up. The guy then came over, tried to start a fight with me… “do you know who I am? don’t fuck with me. My brother in law is Jxxx Jones, he holds the course record here” and the proceeded to play as slow as possible in front of us.