(CNN) A day catching up with friends and soaking in the scenery on a beautiful mountain golf course in Colorado this weekend ended with a golfer's kidney sliced in half by an angry elk. Zak Bornhoft, 41, and his three friends were two holes away from completing the Evergreen Golf Course, located outside of Denver, on Saturday. From golfing to the hospital"The golfing went pretty good throughout the day until we got to the back nine and saw all the elk," Bornhoft told CNN in a phone interview from the hospital. Elk roam Evergreen Golf Course near Denver as golfers set up. "I would've never thought going to a golf course I'd be jabbed by an elk."

Source: CNN October 07, 2020 01:18 UTC