We’ve often heard news of gruesome crimes taking place at golf courses, and that’s exactly what happened at the Medina Country Club in Ohio. Approximately a week ago, on September 21, a horrifying tragedy left the golf community shaken to its core. What was supposed to be a fun day turned out to be devastating when a golfer was struck by a stray bullet while putting on the ninth green. Yes, you read it right.

While playing the game, the man felt something hit his leg, and many witnesses initially thought it was a golf ball; however, it was clear soon enough that something much more deadly had happened. “Somebody drove by [state route] 162 or shot a gun or something because we heard a ‘pop’ and then we thought it was a golf ball and it wasn’t,” a witness told the authorities. But there was a silver lining, and it was that, fortunately, the victim’s injuries were minor and required only minimal medical attention. However, the incident has left the community shaken.

The police arrived, and the investigations began immediately, which later revealed that the shooting wasn’t a drive-by but rather a stray bullet fired from a nearby residence. According to Medina Police Chief Ed Kinney, shooting guns is allowed in rural areas, but one should always use caution. “Unfortunately, in a rural area like that, it’s legal to shoot your firearms out in your backyards at homemade ranges. But it is essential, and it is the law, that you fire those rounds into a proper backstop. When you don’t, situations like this occur,”  he said per Fox8.com.

The victim’s name has not been revealed yet, and the detectives are still searching for the person responsible. “The detectives canvassed the area and continued to go out further and further in a radius from the golf course to try and determine where that round was fired from,” said Police Chief Ed Kinney. However, like many things, this wasn’t the first time something like this had happened on a golf course.

A tourist lost their life at the Son Muntaner Golf Course

Not even a month ago, a gruesome tragedy struck at Son Muntaner Golf Course in Majorca when a 61-year-old British tourist lost his life in a devastating incident and left everyone in stunned silence on September 28, 2024. The details revealed that when the tourist got lots and away from his friends while searching for a stray ball. And while there may have been many outcomes to this, no one predicted this one. After searching for quite some time his friends found him unconscious with severe head injuries.

They immediately called the paramedics however, despite 30 minutes of attempted efforts to save them and the emergency services’s best efforts, they couldn’t be saved. The initial reports suggested that the tourist was struck by a golf ball, but authorities later told the community that he may have suffered from a heart attack before falling to the ground. The local authorities as well as the National Police Homicide Unit investigated the incident and later performed an autopsy to tell the exact cause of death. The fans shared their condolences with the family of the victim and expressed remorse on social media.