Investigators say the man in custody hit Brian Hiltebeitel with a golf club and then choked him as they fought in a pond at Sandhill Crane Golf Club.

A man was fatally beaten with a golf club during a violent altercation at a golf course in Palm Beach Gardens. According to police, the assault occurred on the course grounds, where authorities say a confrontation between two men escalated into a deadly attack.

A golfer was killed at a Palm Beach golf club in a sudden, violent attack by a man using golf clubs as weapons. The assailant, with a history of criminal charges, is now facing first-degree murder.