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By ASSOCIATED PRESS Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 8:07 a.m.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A small plane ran out of fuel before reaching the Dane County Regional Airport and had to land at a nearby golf course.

A Dane County 911 Center supervisor says the plane was about 200 yards short of the airport about 11 p.m. Tuesday when the pilot made a hard landing at Bridges Golf Course to the south.

The pilot was the only person on board and was not injured.

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onelife2live
Dec 18, 2008 at 11:52 a.m.
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Maybe it will be a new sport...airplane golf. Now can you take off from a fairway..watch out for the bunkers and the dogleg right.

thediplomat
Dec 18, 2008 at 9:35 a.m.
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Good thing this didn't happen in the summer. He might have taken out some golfers.

miltonalum
Dec 18, 2008 at 7 a.m.
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think he yelled "fore" on his approach?

jvldude
Dec 17, 2008 at 8:42 p.m.
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THis guy has skill. God bless

NVgrf
Dec 17, 2008 at 6:15 p.m.
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Great line Mainstreet. But I don't think the non-golfing segment of this site picked up on it. Fore!

janesvillean
Dec 17, 2008 at 2 p.m.
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That'll teach him to half-tank it.

JimB
Dec 17, 2008 at 12:11 p.m.
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Don't be so hard on the poor guy. I've landed short on those fairways more than once before, too.

SarahB
Dec 17, 2008 at 10:30 a.m.
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That darn Mapquest is always wrong!

went4milk
Dec 17, 2008 at 10:08 a.m.
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Houston, We have a problem!!

snarly
Dec 17, 2008 at 9:23 a.m.
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He probably hit the rough or the sand trap,no hole in one today for him.

beeferer
Dec 17, 2008 at 9:06 a.m.
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I'll bet it was those jack rabbit starts and hard stops. That really eats up gas you know.

sannio
Dec 17, 2008 at 8:40 a.m.
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After 40 hours minimum flight instruction, plus the written test, plus the verbal test, plus the medical test, plus the check ride, and people STILL run out of gas.

BostonBill
Dec 17, 2008 at 8:27 a.m.
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FORE!!!!!!

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