Scottish Woman Dies in Freak Golf Course Accident
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A 66-year-old woman died after being struck on the head by a golf ball hit by her playing partner last week.
Janet Llewellyn was playing a round of golf with a friend at Strathendrick Golf Club in Stirlingshire in Scotland on Oct. 1 when the freak accident happened.
She was on the third tee when she was somehow struck by her playing partner's tee shot.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The charity volunteer from Balloch collapsed moments after being hit in the back of the head.
Green keeping staff carried her off the course in a cart but she lost consciousness on the way.
She was then flown to Glasgow's Southern General Hospital but died the next day.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Friends and colleagues have since paid tribute to the mother-of-two.
Cathy McGroarty, 79, who worked with her at a charity shop said: "I can't believe shepassed away in such circumstances. It is a total freak accident.
"She was very good at work. She was always so active and full of life and a very nice person to know."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Llewellyn had been a memeber of the Strathendrick course, which lies in the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, for two years.
The course was closed over the weekend.
A note on the gates read: "As a mark of respect to Janet Llewellyn, who tragically died on Friday following an accident on the course on Thursday, the course will be closed until Monday, October 5."
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