Lightning, like water, takes the  path of least resistance. Another reason that people get struck is  that a lightning strike can be close by on flat ground without  being a direct hit. The electrical current often travels across a  persons feet from one foot to another and some of it goes through  the body. This happens frequently on golf courses.
Hickman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,690. Its county seat is Centerville. Hickman County is part of the Nashville-Davidson â Murfreesboro â Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Cookeville is a city in Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. Its population at the 2010 census was 30,435. It is the county seat and largest city of Putnam County and home to Tennessee Technological University. It is recognized as one of the country's micropolitan areas, smaller cities which nevertheless function as significant economic hubs. Of the twenty micropolitan areas in Tennessee, Cookeville is the largest; the Cookeville micropolitan area's 2010 Census population was 106,042.