Golf Ball Diver Missing - Florida

[DandyDon]

From Man who went diving for golf balls missing in Hernando - Tampa Bay Times
Brooksville is north of Tampa

BROOKSVILLE — A diver hired to retrieve golf balls from a lake has gone missing, the Hernando County Sheriff's Office reported Monday night.
David Voiles, 43, a certified diver who is active with the Army National Guard, arrived Monday morning at Sherman Hills Golf Course, 31200 Eagle Falls Drive in Brooksville, to retrieve balls from the bottom of a lake, sheriff's spokeswoman Wendy McGinnis said.
He made a phone call at 3 p.m., but no one, including his family, heard from him after that. Someone from the golf course called deputies just before 7 p.m., saying Voiles appeared to be missing.
Voiles' vehicle was still in the parking lot Monday night, and the golf cart he had been using was still next to the lake, McGinnis said. Divers from the Pasco County Sheriff's Office were called to help with the search.
Voiles, who has been a certified diver since 1987, has been doing this type of work for two years, McGinnis said.

[DandyDon]

Body recovered - video at: Golf ball diver David Voiles' body found | wtsp.com

Brooksville, Florida -- Investigators say they have found the body of a man who went diving in a golf course's alligator-infested lake to recover lost golf balls.
David Voiles, 43, was last seen along the bank of a lake at the Sherman Hills Golf Club, east of Brooksville on Monday afternoon. Voiles had been hired by the club to retrieve lost golf balls.
Hernando Sheriff's dive teams were out searching the lake Tuesday morning, where Voiles' body was found submerged in nearly 8 feet of water shortly before 11 a.m. The lake is only about the size of a football field, and deputies estimate its maximum depth was only between 10 and 25 feet.
There was concern alligators in the lake may have attacked Voiles, but after recovering his body, the medical examiner said there were no obvious signs of trauma.
Early indications suggest Voiles died from either an equipment failure or a medical condition.
10 News will have more on this developing story.

Typical news media writing, substituting alligator-infested for sharks.

[Digger54]

Sorry to hear about it. Condolences to his family and friends.

[debajo agua]

Diver's body found in Hernando golf course pond | TBO.com

[debajo agua]

This pond was less than 25' deep. The victim was certified in 1987... He also saved a life in an emergency rescue, when a car crashed into a pond.

My condolences to his family as well.

[VooDooGasMan]

Do not rule out a lump on his head, it's hard to her "FOUR" when 2" below the surface.

[DandyDon]

Well, condolences go in the Passings forum if you guys want to start a thread, but yeah - all deaths are unfortunate. As far as leaning from this one, hard to say. Solo pond diving can be dangerous, but I guess ball divers usually work that way. A Cesa from 25 ft is nothing but entanglement is always a risk, along with the toxicity of the water.

Do not rule out a lump on his head, it's hard to her "FOUR" when 2" below the surface.

Huh?

[Divedaily]

"Do not rule out a lump on his head, it's hard to her "FOUR" when 2" below the surface."

Huh?

Hard to hear the warning that a golf-ball is incoming when you're 2 Inches below water. As in it might have hit him on the head.

[DandyDon]

Hard to hear the warning that a golf-ball is incoming when you're 2 Inches below water. As in it might have hit him on the head.

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