Golf Addiction Cited As Motive In $9,200 Pro Shop Burglary

And now for a little News Of The Weird on the U.S. Open's eve.

From Michael Harthone of KOMO News, reporting on the arrest of a Kirkland, Washington 26-year-old with no prior record who broke into Gold Mountain Golf Course last month.

In addition to some of the stolen equipment, the suspect's apartment included golf paraphernalia, photos of himself playing golf and a hat reading, "Born to Golf, Forced to Work," according to police. Detectives noted the suspect did not appear to be employed and had played at Gold Mountain at least eight times in the past year.

“Burglaries are often the result of addictions – drugs, alcohol or gambling,” Bremerton Police Chief Steve Strachan said in a press release. “I think this is the first one we have seen that looks like a golf addiction.”