If a person falls from a golf cart and hits their head, the consequences can be catastrophic. Much more common than a golf ball causing death is a heart attack causing death. In the summer of 2008, a Chicago man fell from a golf cart driven by a course employee at Indian Lakes Resort and suffered a severe traumatic brain injury. Dont let the dangers associated with the game of golf keep you away from the enjoyment it provides. Approximately 30,000 adults aged 65 years died as the result of a fall in 2016, and state-specific rates for deaths from falls ranged from 24.4 per 100,000 in Alabama to 142.7 in Wisconsin. Some people who play a lot of golf will struggle with things like back pain, tendinitis, rotator cuff injuries, and even knee pain. That's the good news. //]]>. So in comparison, the fastest golf ball ever recorded carried 14 percent the energy of an Olympic heavyweight boxer. Walters was playing golf at the Elkhorn Ridge Golf Course in Spearfish. Guilfoil did nothing. //