Golfer acts fast after spider bite

Daniela Holmqvist of Sweden got a little more then she bargained during the front-nine of�the ISPS Handa Australian Open in Yarralumla. �Holmqvist was participating in the LPGA pre-qualifier and had made it to the fourth hole without incident, but things changed quickly as she tried to hit her second shot out of the rough. �She was bitten by a black widow spider on her ankle, and just seconds after swatting it away she hit the ground in pain. Holmqvist�spoke to�Svensk Golf�about the incident: ?When I told the local caddies in my group what had happened, they got very upset and said it was a Black Widow, and immediately started looking for their phones to call the medics,? As no one was reacting quickly enough Holmqvist was forced to play doctor herself. �She grabbed a golf tee from her pocket and cut open the wound so she could squeeze out all of the venom. �A black widow bite has been known to kill a child �in just around a half hour. ?A clear fluid came out, it wasn...

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