PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida — A violent altercation at a public golf course this week in Palm Beach Gardens left one man dead and another facing a first-degree murder charge.

Investigators say the man in custody hit Brian Hiltebeitel with a golf club and then choked him as they fought in a pond at Sandhill Crane Golf Club.

Brian Hiltebeitel, 65, was remembered by his longtime girlfriend, Dina Lauro, as an inseparable partner who brought laughter and joy to their lives and business."Just such a good, good person," Lauro said.

A man was fatally beaten with his own golf clubs in a seemingly "random" attack at a Florida golf course, authorities said.

A suspect is in custody after allegedly killing a man on a Florida golf course with his own golf clubs on Monday in what police said appeared to be a "random act of violence." A witness said he heard the victim yelling "he's trying to kill me" while running away from Boucher,

Palm Beach Gardens police announced the arrest of a Florida man who beat another man with a golf club and drowned him "forcibly" underwater.

Brian Hiltebeitel, 65, was remembered by his longtime girlfriend, Dina Lauro, as an inseparable partner who brought laughter and joy to their lives and business.

Junior Boucher, 36, is accused of killing Brian Hiltebeitel, 65, formerly of Warminster, who died in the attack on Palm Beach County course.

Junior Boucher has been charged with murder after authorities say he beat 65-year-old golfer Brian Hiltebeitel to death with his own clubs in what appears to be a random attack. WPTV’s Kayla McDermott reports.