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Labor Day golfing turned out to be anything but friendly for three men paired up with a stranger at Madison Green Golf Club.Deputies arrested 38-year-old Michael Rich of Wellington on charges of aggravated battery after he allegedly attacked two of the other golfers with his putter and slamming it behind one man’s knees.When it broke, Rich was accused of using the sharp end to attack and slice the other golfer.Tony Nazzaro, 72, went to the emergency room with a swollen and cut arm.“In all the time I’ve been golfing, I’ve never seen anything of this magnitude happen on a golf course,” said Nazzaro.Nazzaro said because it was crowded on Labor Day, the golf pro paired him and his friend, Roy Hall, with two other golfers. He said Rich was immediately unfriendly, refusing to shake hands, ride in the same cart or talk to the others.On the 7th hole, as Nazzaro tended the pin for Rich’s shot, he said Rich complained that Nazzaro didn’t move his ball and mark it.“I said, ‘What, is this a $100,000 putt or something?’ It was a joke,” said Nazzaro.Nazzaro said Rich became enraged and started using his cleats to dig up the green, saying “I’m walking in your line, I’m walking in your line.”That’s when Nazzaro pulled out his phone to call the golf pro.Deputies said Rich used his putter to slam Hall in the back of the legs, taking him down. The blow was so hard the head of the putter sheared off, and Rich began threatening the others with what was now “a sword,” said Nazzaro.“I’m going to stick you in the (expletive) eye, I’m going to stab you in the liver,” Nazzaro said Rich told him.When Nazzaro told Rich he was calling police, he said Nazzaro knocked the phone out of his hand with the sheared off putter, slicing his arm.Most watched: Parents upset autistic boy handcuffed, placed on police carBy the time deputies arrived, Rich had left the course, but returned and was arrested.“They asked me if I wanted him arrested, and I said no,” said Nazzaro. “But I told them, he belongs somewhere. This guy is crazy.”Related: Florida mug shots