Wanna golf with Rob Lowe? That's great, he loves golf! But arghhh such bad timing—he quit golfing years ago. Which is so hard. Because he loves golfing. But he can't, you know, because of the bird.

Lowe told Conan Monday he left the sport for good after causing a traumatic bird injury while golfing for charity a few years ago, which is so fun, Rob Lowe loves charity tournaments. But then he accidentally bagged an eastern goldfinch, Iowa's state bird? Mid-tournament! Via the NYDN:

"I gave golf up because I killed the Iowa state bird in flight, in a golf tournament"

"I went to a PGA Pro-Am celebrity thing in the state capital of Iowa, and I hit a really, I thought, nice sand wedge"

"And BOINK, in the air, dead — into the trap," he said, describing the doomed bird's path with his finger.

"That's the thing, it's not like Randy Johnson, the pitcher who killed a seagull ... it's a finch," he said.

It was horrific! And almost statistically impossible! Lowe says the odds of making that birdshot was one in 747 million—so it's highly unlikely he'll kill another bird that way in this lifetime. But Rob Lowe, who—make no mistake—loves golf, isn't going to take that chance again. So he's going to have to respectfully decline your charity tournament invitation this year. Because of the bird :(

[image via AP]