Man allegedly drives drunk in golf cart on highway

[June 24, 2009]  RICHFIELD, Wis. (AP) -- A South Milwaukee man was accused of driving drunk after trying to use a golf cart to drive home nearly 40 miles away from the golf course where he had been drinking beer.

The Washington County Sheriff's Department said in a release Monday that the 47-year-old man told deputies his relatives had left him behind at the Kettle Hills Golf Course in Richfield Saturday. So, he got in a golf cart and headed for home on Highway 167. Someone called the sheriff's department to report an intoxicated man on a golf cart driving on the highway. Deputies caught up with the man about a mile from the golf course. He told investigators he had consumed 10 beers, but didn't think he was intoxicated. ___ Information from: WKOW-TV, http://www.wkowtv.com/ [Associated Press] Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.