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More bad news for guy who drunkenly drove golf cart into a car, fought police
Does this look like the face of a man who “got drunk at a golf tournament, took a cart on a joyride on a public road, ran a red light, crashed into a car, fell onto the street and, while kicking and screaming, had to be wrestled to the ground by cops?”
David Ovalle of the Miami Herald reports on a ridiculous incident that has only become more bizarre.
The 2009 drunken afternoon ride of Daniel Carpenter has had some unintended consequences, not the least of which is Mr. Carpenter can’t claim the $182,429 he was awarded in a separate lawsuit.
Here’s why.
Wednesday, a Miami-Dade appeals court dispensed with the verdict in a separate 2009 suit brought by Carpenter against a driver who struck Carpenter’s vehicle on Interstate 95 in September of that year.
Carpenter sued the driver, whose lawyers allege the accident was a “minor fender bender,” after complaining of neck and back pain (although a visit to a chiropractor revealed no evidence of injury following the car accident).
And, as you probably guessed, Carpenter’s ill-fated golf course episode occurred shortly after the car accident and prior to the eventual spinal surgery, which was the core of Carpenter’s appeal for damages.
The jury in Carpenter’s original case wasn’t made aware of the golf cart wreck, or the resulting struggle with law enforcement. Thus, the judges ruled it couldn’t be determined whether whatever necessitated the spinal surgery resulted from the car accident or the golf cart accident/police altercation.
Therefore, Carpenter isn’t entitled to the damages. Or at the very least, the jury should have been privy to information about his drunken EZ-Go buffoonery and its possible causation of his back ailment, and a new trial is necessary.
Let this serve as a cautionary tale next time the beverage cart rolls by.
With the second major of 2026 now behind us, the PGA Tour arrives in Texas for the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.
GolfWRX Tour Photographer, Greg Moore, is on site at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas, and he’s already captured several WITBs and a look at some new colorways of just-spotted L.A.B. Golf VZN.1i putters.
Check out links to all our photos below.
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Aaron Rai upset the odds to win his first major championship on Sunday at Aronimink, firing a final round of 5-under par to see off his competitors and claim the winner’s check for $3,690,000.
Jon Rahm and Alex Smalley were the best of the chasing pack, with both men sharing runner-up spot which was good enough for each to receive a check for $1,804,000.
With a total prize purse of $20.5 million up for grabs, here’s a look at how much each player won at the 2026 PGA Championship.
Players who missed the PGA Championship cut each received $4,300 each.
1: Aaron Rai, $3,690,000
T2 : Jon Rahm, $1,804,000
T2 : Alex Smalley, $1,804,000
T4: Justin Thomas, $843,866
T4: Ludvig Aberg, $843,866
T4: Matti Schmid, $843,866
T7: Cameron Smith, $637,050
T7: Rory McIlroy, $637,050
T7: Xander Schauffele, $637,050
T10: Kurt Kitayama, $496,707
T10: Chris Gotterup, $496,707
T10: Justin Rose, $496,707
T10: Patrick Reed, $496,707
T14: Matt Fitzpatrick, $364,762
T14: Scottie Scheffler, $364,762
T14: Max Greyserman, $364,762
T14: Ben Griffin, $364,762
T18: Maverick McNealy, $229,128
T18: Jordan Spieth, $229,128
T18: Stephan Jaeger, $229,128
T18: Padraigh Harrington, $229,128
T18: David Puig, $229,128
T18: Harris English, $229,128
T18: Min Woo Lee, $229,128
T18: Joaquin Niemann, $229,128
T26: Nick Taylor, $125,523
T26: Alex Noren, $125,523
T26: Cameron Young, $125,523
T26: Andrew Novak, $125,523
T-26: Daniel Hiller, $125,523
T26: Tom Hoge, $125,523
T26: Sam Burns, $125,523
T26: Hideki Matsuyama, $125,523
T26: Bud Cauley, $125,523
T35: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, $78,805
T35: Patrick Cantlay, $78,805
T35: Ryo Hisatsune, $78,805
T35: Daniel Berger, $78,805
T35: Ryan Fox, $78,805
T35: Haotong Li, $78,805
T35: Aldrich Potgieter, $78,805
T35: Si Woo Kim, $78,805
T35: Martin Kaymer, $78,805
T44: Chris Kirk, $53,743
T44: Matt Wallace, $53,743
T44: Shane Lowry, $53,743
T44: Jhonattan Vegas, $53,743
T44: Denny McCarthy, $53,743
T44: Chandler Blachet, $53,743
T44: Taylor Pendrith, $53,743
T44: Dustin Johnson, $53,743
T44: Nicolai Hojgaard, $53,743
T44: Michael Kim, $53,743
T44: Kristoffer Reitan, $53,743
T55: Collin Morikawa, $34,186
T55: Corey Conners, $34,186
T55: Andrew Putnam, $34,186
T55: Brooks Koepka, $34,186
T55: Mikael Lindberg, $34,186
T60: Sami Valimaki, $29,218
T60: Sahith Theegala, $29,218
T60: Rico Hoey, $29,218
T60: Rickie Fowler, $29,218
T60: Brian Harman, $29,218
T65: Casey Jarvis, $26,900
T65: Jason Day, $26,900
T65: Rasmus Hojgaard, $26,900
T65: Keith Mitchell, $26,900
T65: Sam Stevens, $26,900
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Lob Wedge
Nov 7, 2015 at 5:11 pm
This is why I don’t let my kids golf. It’s just too dangerous.
Adam
Nov 6, 2015 at 12:44 pm
You just cant cure Stupid….
Robert
Nov 5, 2015 at 2:03 pm
Some guys just can’t handle Vegas.
Jon
Nov 5, 2015 at 2:47 pm
Some guys cant handle Hawaii
devilsadvocate
Nov 5, 2015 at 1:24 pm
I enjoyed the story… Worth the 45 sec imo… Golf is not really in its big time news season folks calm down
Tom
Nov 5, 2015 at 12:03 pm
Awww come on guy’s were your sense of humor?
b
Nov 5, 2015 at 10:55 am
every village has their idiot…
can we stick to golf related articles from now on.
Steve
Nov 5, 2015 at 10:27 am
And this is golf related, because he drove a golf cart drunk? This site really wants content, sometimes less is more
If you don't like it, don't read it....
Nov 14, 2015 at 12:35 pm
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