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'One last shot': Video shows golf ball struck by lightning

'One last shot': Video shows golf ball struck by lightning
it's like, what are the odds for? A small body gets struck by lightning, the golf swing in golf ball gone viral. One more swing before we go has now turned into a moment. A group of teens and their little brother will never forget and it was all caught on camera. All right, let me hit this last shot and I told her to record it and then I swung it and then actually know the lightning's coming out of the sky hitting the ball in the initial shock pun intended, the Moscow mezze and his friends had no idea what they caught on video, they were more concerned about trying to get to safety after the lightning bolt boomed just feet away from their bay at top golf at the rim, right after the lightning hit the whole place, shut the lights flickering, computers reset and everything. We couldn't mean it couldn't hurt any of us. Actually pretty scary after I was thinking about it and not to mention Domas was holding essentially a lightning rod on a golf club and his follow through swing. But as their nerves settled, they went back to watch the teens say they record everything for the memories. These, just a few more clips from that fun turned frightful may friday night before they took the one that's gotten attention worldwide from Daily Mail barstool to ESPN UK trying to flip the camera because my fingers are wet from the rain and then looked it got it and now we're blown up like the group all smiles now and Tomas swears if it wasn't for the lightning, the ball was going over the fence. Get your shoulders loose, just looking at the bar, you go back boom and it's gone. I want to get struck by lightning struck by light, his usual crew.
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'One last shot': Video shows golf ball struck by lightning
Tomas Gomez wanted "to hit one last shot, then leave" when weather began to take a turn during his assigned time at a Topgolf in San Antonio, Texas.The 18-year-old was out playing with friends and family back in late May, KSAT reports.He asked one of his friends to record the last shot of the game.What happened next, you have to see to believe.Gomez took his swing and as the ball was flying into the air, cellphone video shows it being struck by lightning. Topgolf posted the video to its Instagram page last week.Gomez and his friends ran for cover."I heard the thunder and my instinct was to run. It was all a blur," he said. "It could have hit me. It could have hit any of us. It was actually pretty scary after I was thinking about it for a while." Topgolf reported no one was injured and everyone was safely evacuated.The golf ball was traveling at 88 mph.KSAT reports asking Topgolf their policies regarding inclement weather, but did not get a response.

Tomas Gomez wanted "to hit one last shot, then leave" when weather began to take a turn during his assigned time at a Topgolf in San Antonio, Texas.

The 18-year-old was out playing with friends and family back in late May, KSAT reports.

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He asked one of his friends to record the last shot of the game.

What happened next, you have to see to believe.

Gomez took his swing and as the ball was flying into the air, cellphone video shows it being struck by lightning. Topgolf posted the video to its Instagram page last week.

Gomez and his friends ran for cover.

"I heard the thunder and my instinct was to run. It was all a blur," he said. "It could have hit me. It could have hit any of us. It was actually pretty scary after I was thinking about it for a while."

Topgolf reported no one was injured and everyone was safely evacuated.

The golf ball was traveling at 88 mph.

KSAT reports asking Topgolf their policies regarding inclement weather, but did not get a response.