A golfer was struck by lightning at a popular New Jersey golf course Sunday — just weeks after another player was killed in eerily similar circumstances.

The 36-year-old man, who hasn’t been publicly identified, went into cardiac arrest after he was hit between the 2nd and 16th holes at the Pinch Brook Golf Course in Florham Park just after 6 p.m.

Witnesses, including a retired Morris County sheriff’s captain, immediately started CPR after seeing him “lose consciousness and stop breathing,” police said. 4

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The victim was rushed to a local hospital in a critical condition before being transferred to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston for further treatment. 4

“We commend the quick response and immediate life-saving efforts by not only trained medical personnel in

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