"Golf fight leads to assault charges in Pa." Associated Press August 08, 2014
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — Two golfers have been charged with assault after they came to blows while arguing about the rules at a Pennsylvania course, and one of them allegedly hit the other in the head with a 3-wood, police said.
State Police in Uniontown filed the charges Wednesday against Roger Lee Harris, 63, and Bryan Bandes, 42, both of North Union Township. They were golfing in a group with three others at the Springdale Golf Course near Uniontown on Sunday when they argued about rules involving ‘‘casual water’’ — or puddles — after it rained briefly.
After settling that dispute on the fifth hole, the men argued again on the seventh hole, with Harris hitting Bandes with the club and the men trading punches, Trooper George Mrosko wrote in a criminal complaint.
After that, the trooper wrote, a ‘‘melee ensued’’ with both men trading punches. Harris wound up with a swollen jaw, a fat lip, and a scratched eye. Bandes was treated for a mild concussion and an injury to his forearm.
Harris was charged with aggravated assault and simple assault while Bandes was charged with simple assault. Both face a hearing Aug. 13.
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