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* In ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', Hank is not afraid to use golf clubs to defend himself. He keeps a bag full of them by the front door. In ''The Buck Stops Here'', Hank pulls his club against the bouncer who's after Bobby's given wristwatch which Buck waged on.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'':
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Hank is not afraid to use golf clubs to defend himself. He keeps a bag full of them by the front door. In ''The Buck Stops Here'', Hank pulls his club against the bouncer who's after Bobby's given wristwatch which Buck waged on.
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*** In the Definitive Edition, to receive the "Iron-y" trophy, Tommy must 'persuade' the businessman with a golf club.
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When you think of sports equipment-as-ImprovisedWeapon, you probably think of a [[BatterUp baseball bat]]. But thugs who want to be a bit different, perhaps show a bit more class, reach instead for their 9-iron. Where the former is essentially a [[CarryABigStick big stick]], your golf club is more like a hammer]], with all the weight concentrated on the point of impact.

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When you think of sports equipment-as-ImprovisedWeapon, you probably think of a [[BatterUp baseball bat]]. But thugs who want to be a bit different, perhaps show a bit more class, reach instead for their 9-iron. Where the former is essentially a [[CarryABigStick big stick]], your golf club is more like a hammer]], hammer with all the weight concentrated on the point of impact.
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When you think of sports equipment-as-ImprovisedWeapon, you probably think of a [[BatterUp baseball bat]]. But thugs who want to be a bit different, perhaps show a bit more class, reach instead for their 9-iron. Where the former is essentially a [[CarryABigStick big stick]], your golf club is more like a [[DropTheHammer hammer]], with all the weight concentrated on the point of impact.

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When you think of sports equipment-as-ImprovisedWeapon, you probably think of a [[BatterUp baseball bat]]. But thugs who want to be a bit different, perhaps show a bit more class, reach instead for their 9-iron. Where the former is essentially a [[CarryABigStick big stick]], your golf club is more like a [[DropTheHammer hammer]], with all the weight concentrated on the point of impact.
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* ''Series/Annika2021'': In episode 2x5, Harper is on the phone to Annika when she sees the VictimOfTheWeek's business partner drive up and start smashing the windows of the victim's husband's car with a golf club.

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* A regular in the ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series, golf clubs (like every other solid object the protagonists get their hands on) can be used as a melee weapon with a unique attack: in this case, swinging it into an unfortunate thug's chin to flip him onto his ass.



* In ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon,'' you can go to Guzma's house on Route 2 and talk to his dad, who says "I tried to set that boy of mine straight, but when I did, I was the one who got beat." There's a golf bag in the corner, full of [[AbusiveParents bent and broken golf clubs]].



* A regular in the ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series, golf clubs (like every other solid object a Yakuza protagonist gets their hands on) can be used as a melee weapon with a unique attack: in this case, swinging it into an unfortunate thug's chin to flip him onto his ass.
* In ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon,'' you can go to Guzma's house on Route 2 and talk to his dad, who says, "I tried to set that boy of mine straight, but when I did, I was the one who got beat." There's a golf bag in the corner, full of [[AbusiveParents bent and broken golf clubs.]]
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* A regular in the ''{{VideoGame/Yakuza}}'' series, golf clubs (like every other solid object a Yakuza protagonist gets their hands on) can be used as a melee weapon with a unique attack: in this case, swinging it into an unfortunate thug's chin to flip him onto his ass.

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* A regular in the ''{{VideoGame/Yakuza}}'' ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series, golf clubs (like every other solid object a Yakuza protagonist gets their hands on) can be used as a melee weapon with a unique attack: in this case, swinging it into an unfortunate thug's chin to flip him onto his ass.
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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS12E1 The Dogleg Murders]]", bullying snob Alistair Kingslake is killed with a golf iron at the Whiteoaks golf club
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* ''Series/{{Forever|2014}}'': In "The Man In the Killer Suit" the father of the victim of a con man used one of his golf clubs to hit the con man over the head. [[spoiler: Turns out he's not the killer, though.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'': during a [[AllJustADream dream episode]] Bob has [[DoAnythingRobot Glitch]] turn into a golf club which he used on Hack and Slash. He made a hole in one.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Treehouse of Horror XIX", Homer kills Neil Armstrong with a thrown golf club to the head.
** In "Treehouse of Horror III", Homer is trying to scare the children at a Halloween party with a tale of a woman who hit her husband with a golf club, but is so bad at telling it, that he forgot that the man's sport of choice was bowling, not golfing.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'': during a [[AllJustADream dream episode]] Bob has [[DoAnythingRobot Glitch]] turn into a golf club which he used on Hack and Slash. He made a hole in one.
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In the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Treehouse "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E5TreehouseOfHorrorIII Treehouse of Horror XIX", Homer kills Neil Armstrong with a thrown golf club to the head.
** In "Treehouse of Horror III",
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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E4TreehouseOfHorrorXIX Treehouse of Horror XIX]]", Homer kills Neil Armstrong with a thrown golf club to the head.
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* PsychoForHire Mr. Fun in the ''Franchise/{{Batman}} Family'' mini-series uses a golf club as a weapon.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': PsychoForHire Mr. Fun in the ''Franchise/{{Batman}} Family'' ''ComicBook/BatmanFamily'' mini-series uses a golf club as a weapon.



* There is a game called ''[[Franchise/TheSimpsons Itchy and Scratchy in Miniature Golf Madness]]''. Three guesses whether it features this trope.

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* There is a game called ''[[Franchise/TheSimpsons ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Itchy and Scratchy in Miniature Golf Madness]]''. Three guesses whether it features this trope.
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* In the ''Series/LawAndOrder'' episode "Bitch", the VictimOfTheWeek is beaten with a golf club by an ex-lover, a powerful mogul of a cosmetics company.


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* On ''Series/MelrosePlace'', Amanda hits her abusive ex-husband Jack in the legs to stop him from killing her after he lured her to his home. It ultimately ends with him falling from the second floor of his home and dying of his injuries a few days later.


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** In "Treehouse of Horror III", Homer is trying to scare the children at a Halloween party with a tale of a woman who hit her husband with a golf club, but is so bad at telling it, that he forgot that the man's sport of choice was bowling, not golfing.

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