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Golfer drowns as he fetches lost ball out of a lake: Tragedy on sunshine break to resort

Golfer drowns as he fetches lost ball out of a lake: Tragedy on sunshine break to resort
The non-swimmer was dragged out alive but died moments later despite desperate attempts to resuscitate him
Popular: Golfer Thomas Ross
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A Britsh golfer has drowned after falling into a Spanish lake while looking for his lost ball.Non-swimmer Thomas Ross, 73, was dragged out alive but died moments later despite desperate attempts to resuscitate him.The retired electrician, who was on a golfing holiday with six friends, is believed to have lost his balance and toppled into the lake at the fifth hole.A postmortem was being held to determine whether heart problems may have contributed to his death at the Dunas de Donana Golf Club near Huelva in southwest Spain.Pals of Mr Ross, from Nairn in Scotland, told of their devastation today.
Course: Dunas de Donana Golf Club
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Yvonne Forgan, secretary at his local Nairn Dunbar Golf Club, said: “We only heard about it this morning. It’s an absolute tragedy.“He had been a member here for 33 years. He was passionate about his golf and had a handicap of 17."He was a popular and well known figure at the club and will be sorely missed.”She added: “All we know is that he hit a shot into the water and he went to retrieve it."We don’t know if he might have suffered some kind of turn.”
Layout: The course surrounded with water
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The trip to Spain had been organised by a local doctor.Mr Ross, who has two sons in Australia, had been staying with the rest of the group at the four-star Carabela Beach & Golf Hotel near Donana National Park.A spokesman said: “The water in the lake is only around waist high but it gets deeper the further in you go.”Mr Ross’s friends were making statements today to an investigating judge who has opened a routine inquiry into the tragedy, which happened at 11.30am on Sunday.A police source said: “It appears the dead man drowned after going into the lake to try to get his golf ball.“We don’t know yet why he got into difficulties."We are trying to determine whether he lost his balance and tripped or maybe suffered some sort of panic attack while he was in the water.”

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