Animals are quite common on golf courses around the world. Whether it is kangaroos in Australia, deer in the British Isles or crocodiles in Florida, no player should be surprised to find species of all kinds roaming the venues, and it is widely accepted that they should be treated with as much respect as the golf course itself, if not with more.
That was not the case for a resident of Palm Desert in the Coachella Valley region of Riverside County, California , who was charged with cruelty to a goose at Chaparral Country Club in that community.
According to NBC Palm Springs, the man has been identified as Michael McCutcheon. He is accused of chasing two geese with a golf cart on the 5th hole of the course, hitting and injuring one of them and then beating it with a golf club…