From MSNBC:
KREMMLING, Colo. – Survivors of a lightning strike that knocked out 19 golfers over the weekend told NBC’s “Today” show Tuesday that the lightning arced from man to man as they emerged from their cars thinking the storm had passed.
John Reyes said that when he came to he first felt “totally paralyzed” and then felt a surge of pain and heat. “I thought I was on fire,” he told Today.
As Lee Trevino said, “When I’m on a golf course and it starts to rain and lightning, I hold up my one iron, ’cause I know even God can’t hit a one iron.” Lee was struck by lightning once I’m sure of, and I believe he was hit again later.
I was on a course once when a single dark cloud rolled in quickly. I felt uneasy, and dropped to the ground for reasons I still don’t understand. Just about that time, lightning crackled across the entire sky, something I could both feel and smell. I play in all kinds of weather, but when the sparks fly, so do I.