A 15-year-old Thai golfer, Aeyavarin "Aeya" Pradubyart, died on November 2, 2026 following a lightning accident on a golf course.

The facts

• Date and place: The accident took place on the evening of November 1, 2026 on a golf course located in Don Ko Ka, in the district of Bang Nam Priao (Chachoengsao province).

• The incident: Aeya was participating in a junior tournament when lightning struck the course during a thunderstorm. Her 31-year-old was also hit and injured.

• Death: After cardiorespiratory resuscitation maneuvers and emergency hospitalization in critical condition, the girl succumbed to her injuries the next day.

This tragic accident must remind us that at the first thunderbolt on a course, we let go of everything and run back to the clubhouse.

This is the second lightning death this year here in Thailand.

It is all the more dramatic that this time it was during a tournament that apparently was not interrupted by the organizers when we heard the storm approaching.

A few years ago, while I was a member of a club in the south of France, the same situation had occurred, fortunately without deaths but with several injuries due to the violence of a hailstorm.

Here too, the organizers of the tournament did not see fit to stop the game, hoping that the last games would have time to finish.

I was in one of these games and I had the fear of my life. Some people had ended up in the hospital.

No golf competition is worth a life! I saw the photos of this young girl, it twisted my heart.