Fort worth golf fight

Their brawl sent them over the protective net and down onto the grass below. Although the facility was closed for the rest of the night, customers who were there at the time were given vouchers. This isn't the first time someone has fallen from an upper deck at Topgolf.

A man fell from one of the platforms and onto the protective netting at the Fort Worth location in May. In , an Abilene man filed a federal lawsuit against Topgolf at Park Lane in Dallas after he fell from the second level and sustained injuries. The lawsuit claims the net below failed to protect him. Claire Ballor , Special Contributor. Claire Ballor is a Dallas freelance writer.

The alleged victim said the attacker stuck the broken shaft of the golf club through his leg and pulled it out, puncturing his femoral artery twice, the newspaper reported. Muscles in the injured leg have atrophied from lack of blood flow, the alleged victim said, according to the report.

Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Stabbing in golf fight could cost man use of leg. Matsuyama rolls to 5-shot Zozo victory in Japan. Langer breaks Champions age mark in Richmond. A total of seven people were involved in the altercation but not all are cooperating with investigators, Grisham said. Phillips, a retired hospital administrator, said the gated community full of upscale homes is usually quiet.

You can't take golf that serious. Here is the Feb. It seems that when Clay Carpenter's threesome tried to play through the foursome in front of them, he was attacked with a putter that broke.

After trying to fight back, he ended up falling on the broken club's shaft, puncturing the femoral artery in his right leg. Related: 10 rules to avoid an on-course dispute. Eight months later, Carpenter and his wife, Gina, are suing the golf course for his injuries , according to the Dallas Morning News.