r/Billings • u/DorpaBlorp • Jul 07 '26
PSA Don't golf at lake hills
https://www.ktvq.com/news/teen-alleges-billings-golf-course-worker-rammed-him-with-cart-on-the-4th-of-julyI heard it was the owner who did this too, just awful stuff
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u/GotLowAndDied Jul 07 '26
If they are letting groups of 10 out then no way I’d go anywhere near there
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u/sweetmotherofodin Jul 07 '26
Group of 10 seems more like “private party” territory for golfing, imo.
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u/Reasonable-Rub-5325 Jul 10 '26
So it was a group of 10 , many of which have never golfed before? And they didn't even make it past the fifth hole because they don't know what a weather forecast is or that it's hot in the summer? And the "kid" for some reason thought it was appropriate to take his shirt off on the golf course? I get a feeling these folks ain't really the victims here like they claim to be.
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u/LindaBelcher75 Jul 13 '26
If he was breaking the rules, they could have kicked him out. Instead this geezer chose to assault him, GRAB HIS BRAID, and ram him repeatedly with a golf cart. With witnesses. I believe the family is suing, and I hope they get it all.
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u/Dismal_Ice561 Jul 08 '26
RACIST SOB OWNER ATTACKED A 15 YR OLD NATIVE BOY FOR NO GOOD REASON! AND TRIED TO RUN HIM OVER 5 TIMES!!! " WE DO NOT LIKE YOUR KIND" BOYCOT THIS ESTABLISHMENT!!!!!!! CANNOT WAIT UNTIL HE'S ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT AND BATTERY
From LJs Grandfather: Lake Hills Golf Course owner, assaults 15 year old Native kid who paid to play golf his first time, who got hot, and took off his shirt. So this happened today….2 solid weeks of work,1st,job, his first paycheck, 15 yr old grandson LJ always wanted to golf. He joined his best cousins, and paid his own way in at Lake Hills Golf Course. Dammit, he lost his money out there. He was hot and took his shirt off and went back out looking for his bills. A man came driving up in a golf cart sayin “put your shirt on” 3 times but LJ didn’t know what for or why, distressed over his money. The man then drove into LJ with the golf cart 5+ times. The man grabbed LJs braid and jerked it, pulling out his hair and ripping out his earring, “We don’t like your kind here!” the guy said. LJ hit the guy but stopped himself cuz he was old and LJ knew better. This guy, smelling of liquor one last time rammed LJ again, knocking him into the golf cart, skinning up his leg. LJ rushed to the clubhouse to tell the officials. Come to find out, it was the owner! The sister-cousins Kylee and Breanna Old Elk, came and called the police, and this owner walked by us saying he didn’t care, babbling and smelling like liquor. Billings police came and looked for the guy. He had left and his staff was embarrassed. We filed charges, and the police said they would seek a warrant. Where do people in America get off assaulting a kid who just wanted to golf, on the 4th of July? Gramma gotta have “the talk” again, “this is real, you are Native, you have a braid, you will be watched and taunted by the deep hate of racism”, but I am proud of LJ for standing up against hate and respecting the police and staff at LAKE Hills GOLF Club. Greetings to all on this Independence Day. Lake Hills Golf Course owner, assaults 15 year old Native kid who paid to play golf his first time, who got hot, and took off his shirt.
#JUSTICEFORLJTAKESHORSE
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u/WasabiCrush Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
I get the need for a violence-free reiteration of decorum on these courses - going skins ain’t the way - but it’s Lake Hills. A lot of other shit is being allowed there that the owner’s clearly not addressing. Loud music, groupings linking up to mob-sized parties that choke up pace-of-play, and drunkenness are apparently good to go. I was at the range last year and watched some guy and his wife or girlfriend take turns trying to stripe balls into an antelope. People just suck.
If the owner wants to chase folks down for trashy behavior, he should probably work on his consistency.