A golfer in his 60s was struck by lightning on Saturday afternoon on a golf course near Changi, Singapore - survived with burns to his head and hand

Singaporean golfer survives lightning strike

A golfer in his 60s was struck by lightning on Saturday afternoon on a golf course near Changi, Singapore, but survived with burns to his head and hand.

The skies were cloudy and there was a slight drizzle, but there was no lightning warning at the time, said golfers at the Laguna National Golf and Country Club.

Normally, a siren sounds to warn golfers to get off the course. The siren at the neighbouring Tanah Merah Country Club is also audible from Laguna National, and it too did not sound.

A golfer in her 50s, who declined to be named, said: 'It was very sudden lightning without any warning. We were on the 11th or 12th hole and he was on the 18th... I think lightning struck his driver and the current went through that way.'

The Singapore Civil Defence Force was called at 3.25pm, its spokesman said.

The man was conscious when he was sent to Changi General Hospital in an ambulance, which got there at 3.47pm. - The Straits Times/ANN

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