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FloridaMan88 · 02-13-2013, 09:18 PM

Female golfers are tough apparently...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon...-bite/1917039/

Golfer bit by black widow spider, digs out venom with spare tee

An encounter at an LPGA pre-qualifying tournament gives new meaning to the concept of golf course hazards.

A rookie on the Ladies European Tour was bitten by a spider during a round in Canberra, Australia, then dug out the venom with a spare golf tee and finished the round.

Let me repeat: She dug out the venom with a golf tee and finished the round.

I've seen golfers call it quits on the turn because they ran out of bug spray.

Daniela Holmqvist, a rookie from Sweden, had just hit out of the rough on the fourth hole at a tournament in Australia when she felt a sharp stab above her ankle. She saw a small, black spider with that familiar red marking on its back scurry away.

Local caddies recognized the threat and mentioned that the spider's bite can be deadly for a child in less than an hour. Holmqvist decided not to wait. With the leg swelling and the pain intensifying, she found the first sharp object she could and dug out the venom.

"A clear fluid came out," she told Karin Klarström of Svensk Golf. "It wasn't the prettiest thing I've ever done, but I had to get as much of it out of me as possible."

Australia isn't home to the black widow spider, which is native to North America. A tournament official on Thursday told the Associated Press that Holmqvist was more than likely bitten by a redback, another species of widow spider known as the Latrodectus Hasselti. The Australian Museum said on its website that redback bites occur frequently in the summer months and 250 cases receive antivenom each year, with many others going unreported.

Holmqvist, who graduated from Cal last year, played the next 14 holes with a medic following. She shot a 74.

The 24-year-old said on Twitter that she's on a double-dose of antibiotics and is doing fine, though golf will have to take a temporary backseat. When she asked the doctor whether she could work out, the doctor responded with a "death stare."

This should decide it. If you play golf, never hit it in the rough again. And on the off-chance you do, just take a free drop in the middle of the fairway instead of digging around the fescue. If your playing partners balk, tell them it's a matter of life and death. And then write a 74 down on your scorecard to honor the heroic Ms. Holmqvist.

Archie F. Swin · 02-14-2013, 07:25 AM

I've heard that while its bite it doesn't hurt, the venom of a Black Widow will cause you so much pain you'd much rather die.

Grim · 02-14-2013, 07:50 AM

In recorded history only 14 people have died from a redback bite.
I think the common cold is responsible for more deaths.

Pasta Little Brioni · 02-14-2013, 07:51 AM

10 percent of Planet members have cut their dicks off after a widow bite to the penis...it grew back all 13 inches of course.

Rasputin · 02-14-2013, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by RubberSponge

Pfft, mommy jokes. I took a spider bite to the dick about a month or so ago, poopbutt. Still kept rockin and knockin...

Did your uncle suck the venom out Black Bob?

Lex Luthor · 02-14-2013, 08:25 AM

I can't help but laugh at all of the dumbass "tough guys" posting in this thread who say that what this chick did is no big deal.

If a black widow bit any of you idiots, you'd immediately pee your pants and start crying for your mommies. You sure as hell wouldn't dig out the venom with a golf tee and then finish the round.

**QuikSsurfer** · 02-14-2013, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by 300 Bowler

I can't help but laugh at all of the dumbass "tough guys" posting in this thread who say that what this chick did is no big deal.

If a black widow bit any of you idiots, you'd immediately pee your pants and start crying for your mommies. You sure as hell wouldn't dig out the venom with a golf tee and then finish the round.

**** no... I've left the course due to a bee sting.

ChiefRocka · 02-14-2013, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by RubberSponge

Pfft, mommy jokes. I took a spider bite to the dick about a month or so ago, poopbutt. Still kept rockin and knockin...

Was this the spider that got you?

Ceej · 02-14-2013, 08:52 AM

MAN!!! IF IT WERE ME I WOULD HAVE SNORTED THAT SHIT OUT!

THEN I WOULD HAVE BENT THAT ****ING SPIDER OVER AND SHOWN HIM WHO THE BOSS WAS!

Crush · 02-14-2013, 08:55 AM

Of course this happened in Australia. Every plant, animal, and insect on that continent was specifically designed to kill humans. I don't know how the Australians do it.

Grim · 02-14-2013, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 300 Bowler

I can't help but laugh at all of the dumbass "tough guys" posting in this thread who say that what this chick did is no big deal.

If a black widow bit any of you idiots, you'd immediately pee your pants and start crying for your mommies. You sure as hell wouldn't dig out the venom with a golf tee and then finish the round.

It wasn't a black widow.
1 out of every 5 people bitten by that type of spider require any medical attention at all.

It really is, officially, no big deal.

Radar Chief · 02-14-2013, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Grim

It wasn't a black widow.
1 out of every 5 people bitten by that type of spider require any medical attention at all.

It really is, officially, no big deal.

I’m sure it would still suck to get bit by one. Not deadly ≠ not painful.
But yea, it’s not like she got bit by a funnel web spider.

**QuikSsurfer** · 02-14-2013, 09:17 AM

This is just par for the course in Australia

Dayze · 02-14-2013, 09:36 AM

I'd be much more impressed if she was bitten by a Dingo.

lcarus · 02-14-2013, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RubberSponge

Pfft, mommy jokes. I took a spider bite to the dick about a month or so ago, poopbutt. Still kept rockin and knockin...

With that massive swelling, probably the first time your woman was halfway satisfied.

WhiteWhale · 02-14-2013, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 300 Bowler

I can't help but laugh at all of the dumbass "tough guys" posting in this thread who say that what this chick did is no big deal.

If a black widow bit any of you idiots, you'd immediately pee your pants and start crying for your mommies. You sure as hell wouldn't dig out the venom with a golf tee and then finish the round.

I've been bit by multiple black widows on more than one occasion.

Unless you are incredibly old, young, have an allergic reaction, or have some kind of immune deficiency then you won't ****ing die from it. It's not THAT bad.

I got bit at work and finished an entire day slaving away in 100+ degrees. I assure you it was way harder than a round of ****ing golf. Even had a round of beers after and showed it to my friends. You're a pussy.

02-13-2013, 09:18 PM
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