GolfWeird But True

We Can Hardly Imagine A Better Reason To Cancel A Golf Tournament Than This

Golf is a difficult game, a frustrating game, but also a leisurely game. It takes hours to play a full round. Courses are perfectly-kept expanses of greenery. Even the “hazards” consist of patches of sand and water…i.e. what you’d find at the beach. When those are your hazards, the game you’re playing isn’t very hazardous.

Not usually, anyway. However, one feature of most golf courses (in America, anyway) that helps make them appear so tranquil: trees. And while trees on their own are perfectly peaceful and even majestic, the same isn’t always true of what might be living in them:

Texas-Arlington’s UTA Waterchase Invitational was canceled Tuesday after a limb from a tree holding an estimated 70,000 bees fell and exposed a beehive at Waterchase Golf Club in Fort Worth, Texas.

Again: 70,000 bees. No wonder that, according to the report, “several people were stung.” (Curious if they used this tactic.) The tournament was called because a beekeeper “recommended the area remain cleared for several hours.” It’s a safe bet, though, that a good number of people in attendance probably cleared the area forever. Forgive us, though: we’re not sure we’ve quite captured the magnitude of the horror created by a swarm of 70,000 bees. Luckily, we have a friend we can bring in to help us out:

Yeah, that about covers it.

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