Golf is a game known for its patience and precision. While it’s a sport known for its peaceful ambiance, heated arguments can break the quietness. Although something truly bizarre is rare to witness, now and then, the course surprises us with a story that’s both unexpected and oddly memorable.

This time, it wasn’t a mishap with a golf club making headlines, but an unusual encounter between a golfer and a goose that’s taken the internet by storm. In a Reddit post that’s gone viral, an anonymous golfer recounted the surprising and somewhat brutal turn of events. “Teed off with my driver and ended up hitting a goose with a low ball. Still can’t believe it happened… just like that SNL skit. I usually hate geese but damn, it didn’t deserve that at all. It was flapping around for a bit. I’m so sorry, goose, may it rest in peace,” the golfer wrote.

RIP goose, I feel so freaking bad
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As soon as the news hit Reddit, the users couldn’t help but draw an eerie parallel to a more somber event earlier this year. The golfer’s goose encounter has unexpectedly stirred memories of the Oklahoma helicopter crash from January, where a tragic twist revealed a dead goose found in the helicopter’s wreckage, per The Guardian. Let’s see what fans have to say about this.

Fans react to the bizarre golf-goose encounter

Reddit users didn’t hold back, with some jumping in to share their own unique ‘course rules’ in response. One user chimed in with dark humor, joking, “My buddies and I have a rule—you have to eat what you kill on the course. Last year, my buddy had to eat a 76-year-old man from Oklahoma.” Absurd right? Well, when the internet gets involved in such bizarre scenarios, this is nothing unexpected.

Reddit is known for its blend of absurd and logical comment threads, and this thread was no exception. One user jumped in with some science, writing, “Maybe I missed the joke (woosh), but I’ll give you a serious answer: it’s because they start to become more aggressive in February/March as mating season picks up and don’t migrate north until like May.”

Another user wrote, “Not the best way to make a birdie.” The thread was quickly flooded with similar stories of bird encounters on the course. One commenter shared, “5 or so years ago, buddy tees off on a par 3. Ball comes straight down on top of a crows head, insta dead.” Another echoed with, “Played in a tournament a few years ago and one of the guys on my team killed a duck the same way” It seems like the relationship between golfers and birds re one of the worst possible pairings on the course.

While all of this might sound absurd, it’s even more disturbing to know that such incidents didn’t happen the first time. In one case, a man from Carmel was accused of beating a Canada goose to death at a New York golf course with a golf club. The incident took place near the 14th hole of Putnam County Golf Course in Mahopac, per Golf Week and USA Today. Putnam SPCA officers, called by state DEC Police, took action immediately.

Immediately action was taken by the Putnam SPCA officers who responded to a call by state DEC Police on the matter. 

While these encounters are often beyond anyone’s control, handling them with some peace and patience could go a long way. What’s your take on this strange and sometimes brutal reality of golf? Let us know in the comments!