WTF is going on with these sink holes?
Sinkhole in one: Golfer swallowed up on 14th hole of Illinois course, survives with dislocated shoulder
Associated Press | 13/03/12 | Last Updated: 13/03/12 12:53 PM ET
AP Photo/Courtesy of golfmanna.com, Mike PetersIn this cell phone image taken March 8, 2013 and provided by golfmanna.com, Hank Martinez, top, Ed Magaletta, right, and Russ Nobbe, look into an 18-foot-deep and 10-foot- wide sinkhole that golfer Mark Minhal fell into while playing golf at the Annbriar Golf Course in Waterloo, Ill. Mihal, 43, a mortgage broker from Creve Coeur, Mo., was hoisted to safety with a rope and suffered a dislocated shoulder.
WATERLOO, Ill. (AP) — When it comes to dealing with this divot, score one for golfer Mark Mihal.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the mortgage broker from Creve Coeur, Mo., is recovering after a sinkhole opened up beneath him Friday on the fairway at the 14th hole of a southwestern Illinois golf course.
The pit that swallowed him was 18 feet deep and 10 feet wide.
The 43-year-old Mihal was hoisted to safety with a rope. The encounter at Annbriar Golf Course near Waterloo just southeast of St. Louis left him with a dislocated shoulder.
Although Mihal says he still considers the course one of his favorites, he’s having second thoughts about returning there, saying “it’d be kind of strange playing that hole again, for sure.”
Two weeks ago, a Florida man died when a sinkhole opened up underneath his bedroom. A second sinkhole then opened up less than three kilometres from his home.
Geotechnical engineer John Marquardt told area residents “there is not much you can do” to avoid sinkholes.
“Occasionally you’ll get some warning signs, some cracking or some sloping fences,” he said.
AP Photo/Courtesy GolfmannaThis undated photo provided by Golfmanna shows golfer Mark Mihal who fell into a sinkhole that opened up under him on the 14th hole of a golf course in Waterloo, Ill. Mihal was hoisted out safely with a rope after falling 18 feet into the 10-foot-wide pit and suffered a dislocated shoulder.
Sinkhole in one: Golfer swallowed up on 14th hole of Illinois course, survives with dislocated shoulder
Associated Press | 13/03/12 | Last Updated: 13/03/12 12:53 PM ET
AP Photo/Courtesy of golfmanna.com, Mike PetersIn this cell phone image taken March 8, 2013 and provided by golfmanna.com, Hank Martinez, top, Ed Magaletta, right, and Russ Nobbe, look into an 18-foot-deep and 10-foot- wide sinkhole that golfer Mark Minhal fell into while playing golf at the Annbriar Golf Course in Waterloo, Ill. Mihal, 43, a mortgage broker from Creve Coeur, Mo., was hoisted to safety with a rope and suffered a dislocated shoulder.
WATERLOO, Ill. (AP) — When it comes to dealing with this divot, score one for golfer Mark Mihal.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the mortgage broker from Creve Coeur, Mo., is recovering after a sinkhole opened up beneath him Friday on the fairway at the 14th hole of a southwestern Illinois golf course.
The pit that swallowed him was 18 feet deep and 10 feet wide.
The 43-year-old Mihal was hoisted to safety with a rope. The encounter at Annbriar Golf Course near Waterloo just southeast of St. Louis left him with a dislocated shoulder.
Although Mihal says he still considers the course one of his favorites, he’s having second thoughts about returning there, saying “it’d be kind of strange playing that hole again, for sure.”
Two weeks ago, a Florida man died when a sinkhole opened up underneath his bedroom. A second sinkhole then opened up less than three kilometres from his home.
Geotechnical engineer John Marquardt told area residents “there is not much you can do” to avoid sinkholes.
“Occasionally you’ll get some warning signs, some cracking or some sloping fences,” he said.
