[Boudicca]

Please be careful out there.
Our friend was hit on the head today by a golf ball, and was taken to hospital for treatment (stitches, CAT scan) when another golfer hit a 120 yd drive from tee, his ball hitting our friend on the head as our buddy walked to the green. The photos ain't pretty....

[brostholder]

He was hit by someone who was 120 yards away? Was this a par 3? Why did this person hit into your group?

[jsw14]

OMG, Sorry to hear that. Hay People, wait tell Everybody is off the green & in their cart's goin to the next hole before U Tee-off.......Please!!!!!!

[graciegirl]

Friends were hit up on, on a par three and one of the group picked up the ball, not really realizing it was from someone who had just hit from the group behind them.

While they were on the green the woman and her husband came up to them and really yelled at them for picking up her ball. She said they weren't close enough to hit them.

Dumb, scary dumb.

[Boudicca]

Our neighbor is the one who was hit by the golf ball this morning. I don't know which course, but I know for sure that he was struck by the ball driven 120 yds from the tee, into their green - hitting our neighbor in the head. The golfer playing behind our friends, was the culpret, when he drove before the group ahead were off the green. Poor victim has a split head, stitches, spent the morning at the hospital getting CAT scan and is now sporting a terrible haircut to go with the rest of the damage.

[Pturner]

Hitting the ball when someone is 120 feet in front of you on the hole? Dumb, scary, dumb is right. Or assault by another name. Good grief!

[John_W]

Well obviously hindsight is 20/20, but I would of immediately stopped play and found an Ambassador and reported the incident and the fact there was injuries. However, since that didn't happen you could call the course tomorrow and get the names of the party playing behind your group and ask the manager how you should proceed since you will need to collect for medical bills and maybe future litigation.

[ajbrown]

I cannot imagine anyone ever hitting into a group that is on the green from 120 yards away, ever, anywhere, anytime.....

If what I described above is what happened and it happened to me I cannot imagine how angry I would be. If someone with me was hurt I would get the name of the person that hit the golf ball and witnesses from their group. Could be a nice law suit here, or at least scare the **** out of them as I collected info for one. If no one got hit, I would alert the ambassador of the details in no uncertain terms.

If I have the facts wrong based on the posts, I apologize for my over reaction...

PS. As gracie stated in her post subject, you must wait until the folks have driven away before you hit up to an executive green, a policy which IMO should also be followed on most holes on championship courses.

[NotGolfer]

Wonder how many folks "play at" golf and don't know the etiquette?!? I've heard of folks coming here and saying they want to play golf but have never played. Also wondering if they just go ahead without taking lessons etc. What is talked about on this thread is horrible and I hope something is at least said to those who did this...perhaps action should be taken.

[kaydee]

Many don't even know the word etiquette and obviously have no common sense to boot. That unfortunate situation should most definetly be reported and I'd like to see the idiot who hit the ball be banned form play. Sure hope the person who got hit recovers quickly

[buggyone]

If the golfer who got hit had to have stitches in his head, it was a deep wound and would have been bleeding very heavily - as head wounds do bleed a lot.

I would imagine he would have gone down on the ground and his golf buddies would gather around him. Surprised no one in the group called 911 for an ambulance.

If all this happened, how is it that the person that hit the ball did not come up to the group to see the hurt person and at least apologize - as well as giving his name and insurance information?

If the person that hit the ball did not come up immediately, how is it that one of the group did not go to that person and demand his name?

It does seem like a good possibility for a lawsuit for negilence - hitting the ball from 120 yards while people are on the green is ridiculous.

[TrudyM]

I lived on a course in Marietta GA back a few years not an executive but a typical course built through a housing development. A fellow T'd up at the T box that was behind my house and you could see the person playing ahead had not left yet. I was in the yard and yelled for him to wait which he did not as he had more beer than brains at that moment. I was asked to sign an statement as to what happened because the club was recinding his membership and not giving him his $5K membership fee back.

I think I have read that abuse of the T time system has suspension rights you woud think this kind of action would also.

IMHO the person hit shoud sue the pants off the person who hit him and it should be made front page news. But it is you peoples back yard so to speak not mine.

[hedoman]

[QUOTE=NotGolfer;458031]Wonder how many folks "play at" golf and don't know the etiquette?!?

Etiquette? This is common sense! That someone hit onto ANY green, hit the green and was able to hit somebody in the head means a) they have skill b) the ball was flying high and NOT rolling onto the green (ala "career shot on a par 5 reaching it in 2) c) HAD to know they could reach the green

Now an errant shot from another tee onto a wrong green is a different story. Had to be a really, really STUPID person!
AND nobody yelled FORE? I'd have issues with that person right then and there so YOU better NOT hit into ME! I'd have the other person accompany you to the hospital for stitches inflicted by my 9 iron....or maybe that's over clubbing....

[JoeC1947]

I heard that the guy who got hit was an attorney. He yelled back at the group "I'm going to sue you for $5,000"! Someone in the group yelled back "I yelled fore". The attorney yelled back "I'll take it"

[deanna1950]

This Wed. we will have our closing in Ohio. We sold it quick,(Jan.14) got our price, but it took soooo long for the bank to close these banks want your first born before they loan you any money. Our Alhambra Way home shoud be seeing activity in March. Home sweet home in less than two weeks.