Fight videos from golf courses around the world have become more commonplace in recent years. Whether there’s been a spike in the actual incidents themselves or it’s the readiness of people to record and share online that this can be attributed to is hard to say, but barely a week goes by without some sort of altercation crossing our desks here at Irish Golfer.
It’s usually verbal, with the odd bit of posturing thrown in – the old “hold me back” attitude, wherein if nobody is actually around to “hold that person back” then they’d likely express considerably less bravado.
But one this week strayed from the form books.
Not that this sort of behaviour should ever be encouraged, but I must admit, it was glorious because the instigator of the row – at least the instigator as far as the short video clip suggests – got exactly what he deserved and that was a dose of instant karma.
If you haven’t seen it, then don’t worry. I’ve got you covered. Check it out below.
🚨⛳️🥊 #GOLF FIGHT — Golfer gets called out for playing extremely slow and proceeds to get tossed into a pond.
(Via: @Hoonos_Sports)
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It later turned out that the row broke out because the loser – and there was a very clear loser – and his friend were taking forever to play and may even have had as many alcoholic shots as golf shots taken by the time the group behind finally said “enough was enough.”
But in a second twist, we found out that the winner – and again, there was a very clear winner, as long as the police decide that he was acting in self defense – happened to be a well known former NHL player, famed more for being an enforcer than for his slick skills with a stick and puck.
Nick Tarnasky – who somehow doesn’t seem to have been given the nickname ‘Tar-nasty’, which is a shame in itself – played for the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers in a career spanning from 2005 to 2017, but racked up more penalty minutes than he did appearances, which is quite impressive given that he played 245 matches in the NHL.
We have to assume that his opponent at Alberta Springs Golf Club in Canada was unaware of exactly who he was picking a fight with, but had he watched Tarnasky manhandling another well-known NHL enforcer in Cody Bass back in 2014, he might’ve left the golf course with a few teeth more and a hell of a lot drier.
The next group that are guilty of slow playing in front of Tarnasky would be well advised to wave him through.
