Friday, March 7, 2008

Isenhour Tripped By Hawk

Nationwide Tour pro Tripp Isenhour's recent “birdie” has landed him in trouble with the Humane Society and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Isenhour killed a protected red-shouldered hawk during the filming of a TV show when he knocked it out of tree during the filming of a TV show. He has been charge with cruelty to animals and killing a migratory bird, misdemeanors that could result in 14 months in jail and $1,500 in fines. Isenhour apparently was annoyed that the hawk was make noise during shooting for a TV program in December at the Grand Cypress golf Club. He started hitting balls at the squawking hawk from 300 yards away. When the bird moved with 75 yards of the film crew and started squawking again, Isenhour stated hitting balls at it again and knocked it out of the tree, falling to the ground bleeding from its nostrils. Isenhour apologized Thursday, apparently after the Humane Society contacted the PGA Tour and demanded his be punished. "As soon as this happened, I was mortified and extremely upset and continue to be upset,'' Isenhour said in a statement issued through his management company, SFX Golf. "I want to let everyone know there was neither any malice nor deliberate intent whatsoever to hit or harm the hawk. I was trying to simply scare it into flying away.'' No one in the film crew stopped Isenhour.

Hitting range balls while wondering whatever happened to Jack Rule.