The Jetpacker

We love this story not just because it’s hilarious, but because it comes from our home town.

A golfer at the Shady Canyon Golf Course in Irvine, California accidentally started a fire after he took a swing that hit a rock and sparked a fire.

When the golfer’s club made contact with the rock, the spark immediately caused the rough to go up into flames.

And from there the fire grew out of control, burning through vegetation next to the course and over two brushy hillsides.

150 firefighters were called out to battle the blaze, which eventually consumed 12 acres of land.

Smokey The Bear was right: only we can prevent forest fires… by not playing golf.

Who knew golf was actually deadly?  You don’t hear about incidents like this in baseball or football.  If this was more common, we might actually take an interest in golf.

We sort of feel bad for the golfer because we know he’s never going to live this down.  But we sort of don’t feel bad because he probably consoled himself by driving a luxury car along the coast to his mansion.