Most golf courses have hazards, but few are as dangerous
as one encountered by LPGA Tour rookie Daniela Holmqvist in Australia recently:
a potentially fatal Black Widow spider.
Holmqvist,
who hails from Sweden, was participating in a pre-qualifier for the ISPS Handa
Australian Open at Royal Canberra Golf Club in Yarralumla, Australia.
On
the fourth hole Holmqvist felt a sharp pain in her ankle, and she looked down
to see the Black Widow on her leg.
Holmqvist
swatted the arachnid away, but before she knew it she was doubled over in pain.
"When
I told the local caddies in my group what had happened, they got very upset and
said it was a Black Widow, and immediately started looking for their phones to
call the medics," Holmqvist told Svensk Golf.
A Black
Widow is so venomous that its bites can kill an adult in under an hour -
children can die within 30 minutes if struck by the creatures, and the caddies
were terrified by what might happen.
But
while the locals rushed around worried, Holmqvist kept calm knowing she had to
act fast.
With
her leg swelling up, Holmqvist reached desperately into her pocket and pulled
out a golf tee which she used to gash open her leg and squeeze the venom out.
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