A woman died yesterday at a Japanese golf course after falling 6 metres through the eroded turf and into a deep hole hidden below.
Takae Gassho, a 38-year-old housewife was playing golf with three family members at the le Petaw golf course in Abira, Hokkaido, at around 2:20 p.m. when a patch of turf 2-3 metres in diameter gave way beneath her and Gassho fell some 5-6 metres to the bottom of the hole.
The clubhouse reported the accident and Gassho was rescued from the hole about 30 minutes after emergency workers arrived, but she was pronounced dead at the scene. According to police, Gassho had fallen face-down into a large volume of water at the bottom of the hole.
"She was walking on the course when she suddenly disappeared," said another golfer.
Police said that the hole was probably hollowed out by the subterranean flow of melt water, and hidden by the patch of turf that Gassho had the misfortune to walk on and fall through.
Police are gathering information from those responsible for managing the course, and will continue to investigate the accident site.
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