Technology Predicts Lightning to Keep U.S. Open Fans, Players Safe at Oakmont

Technology predicts lightning to keep U.S. Open fans, players safe at Oakmont

Thor Guard's technology not only detects, but predicts lightning strikes.

Lightning etched a design into a northern Michigan golf course. How to avoid the danger

On June 11, lightning struck at Treetops Resort during a thunderstorm. Now, there are scars in a green.

'It came out of nowhere': Husband and father of three killed by lightning strike on golf course

A small group of friends gathered with power tools in hand at a Double Oak family’s backyard on Wednesday. They were finishing the construction of a hen house, one of multiple projects that served as a reminder of the hole left behind after Spencer Loalbo was struck by lightning Sunday and killed. “I just feel like this is a nightmare that I’m going to wake up from. Or that he’s just going to walk through the gate,” said Kaylee Loalbo. Loalbo sa…

North Texas golfer killed, another injured by lightning strike

One North Texas golfer was killed and another was injured when they were struck by lightning while playing at a course in Gunter over the weekend.

Golfer struck and killed by lightning, another injured in Gunter,...

A lightning strike hit two men on a golf course in Texas Sunday afternoon, killing one of them. A man told News 12 he was with his wife nearly 150 yards away from a family of three men and a child on the course at The Bridges Golf Club. The eyewitness said a lightning strike hit two of the men, one in his 70s who appeared to be severely burned from his head to chest and had no pulse for 20 to 30 minutes. He went on to say another man, who appear…

Golfer struck and killed by lightning, another injured

A lightning strike hit two men on a golf course in Texas Sunday afternoon, killing one of them.