Man with shotgun robs golfers on putting green

[RamboLiberal]

A man with a shotgun robbed a foursome as they were putting on a Fayette County golf course.

State police said the four men were on a green at the Linden Hall course in Tyrone when a man wearing a mask and holding a shotgun approached them from the woods around 4:50 p.m. yesterday.

He ordered the golfers to the ground and told them to empty their pockets. He pushed one of them, sparking a struggle in which the golfer was struck on both sides of the face with the gun. The victim then gave up his money clip with about $80.

Police said they later found the suspect, Cade Stevens, 25, of Dawson. He was in jail on $50,000 straight bond.

The golfers weren't identified.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09254/997299-100.stm#ixzz0Qq6StOOY

Just found this a funny story - that's a rural county in PA. Guess you should carry more than golf clubs.

[tularetom]

1. Shouldn't laugh but I can't help picture these guys in their polyester pants

Laying there on the green while the robber disappears back into the bushes.

[virgogal]

3. Kelly green polyester pants with little navy blue whales on them.

Remember them? :-)

[tularetom]

7. Remember them?

Shit, I'm 68 year old.

I was 29 in 1970.

I probably had a pair.

[paulsby]

18. i have seenb people in edgartown mass (on martha';s vineyar)

wear green (and blue ) pants, pink oxfords and the belts with the little whales on them.

and topsiders.

i am not sure if they are wearing this because they are being ironic, or if these actually ARE their clothes.

ah, martha's vineyard memories...

[virgogal]

2. Why do I find this funny? I guess I'm a sicko,

[NecklyTyler]

4. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MApJnyk1PV8

[virgogal]

6. OMG that's funny. Big smile here!!!!! Thanks.

[Xela]

5. Reminded me of the movie Falling Down w/ Michael Douglas

I'm chuckling, right now, but it is a scary news story.

Remember this:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Falling-Down-Golf-Course-Scene

Xela

[proteus_lives]

13. That was a decent movie.

MD pulled a surprising strong performance.

[Euromutt]

19. That last line slays me

"And now you're going to die. Wearing that stupid little hat."

That said, though, I looked up the golf course in question and it's not a country club-type place; it's open to the general public (albeit for a fee). The American approach to golf is a lot more democratic than in so many other countries.

[slackmaster]

8. A Browning M1919-A1 fits nicely in a golf bag

[Katya Mullethov]

10. What's that Mandrake ?

" I say Sir.. is.. uhm .... I would expect that barrel is exceedingly hot , it is not ?"

[slackmaster]

12. MANDRAKE, THE REDCOATS ARE COMING!!!

:nuke:

[armyowalgreens]

23. "I do not avoid women, mandrake. But I do deny them my essence."

[spin]

9. K&R Interesting story. Glad the bad guy was caught. (n/t)

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

11. Poor, starving guy just wanted a couple of bucks for a sandwich.

Those mean golfers made him go get a shotgun and a mask. After all we all know that muggers never intend to get violent to get what they want.

[proteus_lives]

14. Ha.

Anti logic always makes me :rofl:

[JonQ]

16. I wonder if the course was a gun free zone?

If so, how was he able to have a gun? It would have been banned, so he couldn't have had one.

[Euromutt]

25. Blood on the fairways!

Of course golf courses have to be gun-free zones! Otherwise, any player who got frustrated over landing his ball in a bunker or a water hazard could snap and shoot everyone in sight! Every refusal to play through would spark a massacre! Shoot-outs on every green!

[proteus_lives]

15. Strange.

It's not funny because the foursome could have been harmed.


But.......I'll admit I thought of Caddyshack when I read this.

[Retired AF Dem]

21. I kinda of thought of

Falling Down. And with Michael Douglas so antigun and all.

[paulsby]

17. a 9 iron is a nice weapon, but not against a shotgun nt

[Euromutt]

22. I hope the robber had the class to use a trap/skeet gun

An 18.5"-bbl Maverick 88 would be so declassé.

[Ready4Change]

20. Probably hoping they were betting

And carrying cash to pay for it.

I don't bet on my play at all. (might as well just empty my wallet if I did.) But I've seen some groups betting substantial amounts. Boggles my mind.

[aikoaiko]

24. Maybe it was a new type of golf ball launcher for shotguns

I could have been a misunderstanding

:shrug:

[57_TomCat]

26. I recall some years ago in my old hometown...

where my father would slip the .22 Winchester model 77 he had in the golf bag for some squirrel hunting on the back nine. :)

I seem to recall a story that the Secret Service had M1 or M2 carbines in their golf bags when escorting president Eisenhower.