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On This Day Actor Rob Lowe Killed the State Bird of Iowa
On June 7, 2007, actor Rob Lowe was participating in the Principal Charity Classic Pro-Am at the Glen Oaks Country Club in West Des Moines.
Lowe was hitting an approach shot on the par 4 fourth hole when his ball collided with an Eastern goldfinch - the state bird of Iowa -- in mid-flight. The ball dropped about 50 yards short of the green, while the bird dropped dead.
He was wearing an Iowa Hawkeyes cap while playing in a group, which included University of Iowa Athletic Director Gary Barta.
Afterward, the insurance company sponsoring the tournament said that the odds of hitting and killing the state bird with a golf shot were 1 in 747 million.
In an interview with Conan O'Brien in 2015, Lowe said that he gave up on the sport of golf after the incident.
See a photo HERE.
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