Mystery at Carnoustie
We all know Vijay Singh is going to win the FedEx Cup, but golf fans who appreciate mysteries should turn their attention to a real whodunnit at one of the world’s most famous courses.
Greenskeepers at Carnoustie Golf Club in Scotland made a gruesome discovery Wednesday morning: a burning body on the 11th tee of the Buddon course -- not the club's more well-known Championship course which hosted the British Open in 2007.
According to the BBC, the victim was Robert Higgins, 51, and his death was being treated as suspicious. No kidding.
Police say Higgins was drinking at the Craw’s Nest bar in Carnoustie at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday night and was last seen walking down a pathway to the railway crossing near midnight. Earlier in the day, Higgins was in the Village of Rait, about a 45-minute drive from Carnoustie. Police want to know how Higgins got to Carnoustie and what he did in the two hours between when he was last seen in Rait and when he was first seen at the Carnoustie bar.
I don’t know about you, but I’ll be following this story more closely than the Tour Championship.
Posted by: stuart griffiths | Sep 16, 2008 3:07:24 PM
You yanks are all the same! Make fun of the dead. How would you like it if us brits made fun of your soldiers dieing. You wouldnt like it and I wouldnt do it. Grow up septics!!!!!!!!
Posted by: You | Sep 15, 2008 8:04:17 PM
Well, this brings new meaning to the word "burn."
Oh sure, making fun of the dead isn't funny. We do it all the time with Joan Rivers.
Posted by: SB | Sep 14, 2008 10:32:56 AM
Another who could not get find his way around the burn...
Posted by: Stian | Sep 14, 2008 6:03:04 AM
Terrible stuff, but it wasnt at THE Carnoustie, but on a course called Buddon links which is next to the championship course.
Posted by: soij | Sep 13, 2008 12:51:32 PM
Dan Patrick: http://tinyurl.com/6quwfk
Posted by: ronald montesano | Sep 13, 2008 11:09:03 AM
That's nice...make fun of the dead.
Posted by: DJ | Sep 12, 2008 8:01:05 PM
He was so liquored up that he grabbed a driver, teed one up and blasted one so hard that he caught fire.