A golfer is in critical condition after being struck by lightning on a course in New Jersey on Sunday evening. 

It happened at the Pinch Brook Golf Course in Florham Park, where police said they were called at 6:18 p.m. about reports of a golfer struck by lightning. 

By the time officers got to the scene, a number of bystanders were already performing CPR on the 36-year-old victim. One of the bystanders happened to be a veteran member of the Florham Park First Aid Squad and retired captain in the Morris County Sheriff's office. 

The golfer was taken to a local hospital before being transferred to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center for further treatment. 

Florham Park Police praised the intervention of the bystanders for helping save the man's life. 

It's the most recent lightning strike in New Jersey. On July 8, 28-year-old Simon John Mariani was struck by lightning on a golf course in Hamburg. He died several days later.

On July 16, Robert Montgomery, 61, died when lightning struck a Jackson Township archery range. Over a dozen others, including several children, were injured in that incident.

According to the National Weather Service, there have been a total of 13 lightning-related fatalities in the United States so far this year, including the two in New Jersey. Following those deaths, a new weather alert system was put in place in more than a dozen parks in Paterson, New Jersey.