Morally and ethically, I agree 100% and it is what I would do. However, we are governed by laws, and the law states otherwise. Simply stated, you can't legislate morality.

I guess they didn't get the answer they were looking for.

When you closed on your golf front home you signed a liability release and agreed to make golf ball damage on your property.

We lived just off one of the golf course holes in Rohnert Park, CA. A wayward golf ball would hit the house rather often. Usually the roof would get the ball. Occasionally one of us would throw the ball out to the golfers if they were still around.


I do miss living just off the golf course. This was Foxtail Golf Course North just across the 9th hole from the Hilton which was the Red Lion at that time. Foxtail Golf Club Rohnert Park - North Course | Sonoma County Golf


Maybe get something planted so the window is protected. I think we had that in Rohnert Park so that the windows facing the golf course were not vulnerable to bad strokes of the ball.

To add some context to the whole matter. The wind was howling out of the North Monday, but not so much Tuesday.

If you buy a house on a golf course you bear the blame for any damage done to your property by golf balls. If you buy a house and then a golf course is built near it the golf course bears the blame. In case one it is your insurance company. In case 2 its your lawyer.
In any case, Any interaction with the homeowner can only inflame the situation, best to avoid. Thats why you don't put your name on your golf ball.

You can legislate morality however it does not work.

Wonder if we can blame the errant golf ball on global warming?

Yes they had to know it but you know you had to know when you buy a home on golf coarse this was bound to happen. That’s why they sell Ins.

So a golfer hits his ball onto a home owners property, he goes in and the homeowner is sitting in a lawn chair, the golfer asks, Did you see my ball? the homeowner opens his hand and says, You mean MY ball now. The golfer goes back to his bag and gets a ball and presents it to the homeowner. The homeowner says, Whats this for? The golf responds, every man(**) ought to have 2.

Well, I think we know at least one poster on TOTV that would try :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Put canopy’s over you’re windows

I like your response.
 

I like the idea of letting the. Golf course shop know you broke a window and going from there.

Directly trying to find the owner (or the renter) could lead to other problems. But I would like the owner know I was sorry.

And then comes the sticker price shock of replacing a window today. (My only reference point is replacing a window 50 years ago). I’d guess hiring someone to replace a window today would cost $100 - 200.

It’s unfortunate some home owner would claim they had to replace their gutters because a ball hit their roof. But it encourages a person to not insist upon contacting the owner.

And finally, although not a part of your post, it’s possible the golfer didn’t realize they actually broke a window from 150 yds away. Many don’t have good hearing

Responsibility? Errant golf ball does not fly on its own. Someone, usually, hits it. Ball flies into neighbors yard. Ball strikes neighbor. Neighbor dies. Golfer, a. retrieve ball and return to game, b. calls for help.

According to most of the responders sound like they would choose option 'a' and not bother with the corpse the inadvertently created. No different than breaking a window, I guess. Hmm?

Yeah, you must be right----those two scenarios are morally and legally equivalent:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Fore! Beware the wayward golf ball | Golf News and Tour Information | Golf Digest

It does happen that someone dies from getting hit by a golf ball. I would be more worried about the broken glass in the OP's situation.