Lightning likes land. One hundred million feet per second is the quickness of the lightning streak through the sky. The stroke, which is about two inches across and between 200 feet and 20 miles long, lasts but a microsecond. Myths A lightning rod or grounded tower or high structure makes it more likely that lightning will strike. Wrong - It will have little or no effect on how likely it is that it will strike in the immediate area, the important thing is it will be conducted directly to ground, without having to go through your inverter first.
Lightning always strikes the tallest object.
Although it is more likely to hit the highest object, there is no guarantee. You should not touch metal objects if lightning is in the area. This is goofy , yet the myth has even been perpetuated on some of the National Weather Service web pages. If you seriously think that lightning is going to worry about a 3 foot golf club after tearing through a mile or more of air, you probably should not be playing golf. Lightning could be used as a power source.