Overview

• Florham Park police said they were called at 6:18 p.m. to reports of a strike, finding bystanders performing CPR on the 36-year-old as officials later praised the swift life-saving response.
• One bystander who assisted was a veteran member of the Florham Park First Aid Squad and a retired captain with the Morris County Sheriff’s Office, according to police.
• The victim was first taken to a local hospital and then transferred to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston; his identity has not been released.
• County officials said the bolt was associated with evening thunderstorms moving through the area, making this the second golfer struck in New Jersey this summer.
• Recent New Jersey cases include the death of 28-year-old Simon John Mariani after a July strike at Ballyowen Golf Club and a fatal strike at a Jackson Township archery range that injured more than a dozen.