They played a scorching round.
A Northern California golfer accidentally started a one-acre fire with a chip shot Wednesday, fire officials said.
The unidentified hacker hit a shot into the rough on the fifth hole at Gold Hills Golf Course in Redding, about 100 miles south of the Oregon border, local ABC affiliate KRCR reported.
When the golfer went to chip out, their club struck a rock and sparks flew, fire investigators told the Redding Record Searchlight. Those sparks started a blaze that burned one acre before firefighters put it out.
“It’s just that dry,” investigator Ron Krznarich told the paper when explaining how a golf club could start a significant fire.
No one was injured in the blaze, though the golfer’s pride was likely bruised.
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