Tee Time in Alaska

(Anchorage, Alaska) Some aspects of this story don't make much sense.

From the Anchorage Daily News:

A man speeding to a golf game triggered a wild wreck Saturday on Fifth Avenue that banged up four vehicles and injured five people, and then he fled the scene on foot, police said.


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(Photo - Daron Dean/Anchorage Daily News)
Juan M. Puliddo-Castaneda, 24, was arrested a short time later, six miles away, standing out front of Anchorage Golf Course on O'Malley Road and preparing for a round of golf, authorities said.

"He was at the golf course getting his tee time," said Patrol Sgt. Dave Koch, one of the officers who handled the call.

Apparently, Puliddo-Castaneda was speeding to the golf course with two visiting Mexican college students when the car "sailed across the median, flipped upside down while in flight, then plowed into another vehicle going in the opposite direction." Five people sustained serious injuries including the two visiting Mexican college student passengers.

So, am I to believe that Puliddo-Castaneda ran six miles with his golf clubs? Or, am I to believe that an obsessive golfer would leave the scene of a devastating accident to go golfing with rented clubs? Of course, much could be explained by the fact that Puliddo-Castaneda was drunk, for which he was charged along with reckless driving, assault and leaving the scene of an accident.

In conclusion, it seems that Mr. Puliddo-Castaneda has set a benchmark for obsessiveness toward the game of golf. Anything less than being drunk, causing a motor vehicle accident which sends five people to the hospital, and running six miles (with or without golf clubs) to play a round of golf would have to be considered a mere proclivity, not an obsession.