A high handicap golfer was negligent in failing to wait before driving off from the fifth tee with the result that when he mis-hit his shot at an acute angle it injured the plaintiff who was putting on the adjacent fourth green. ‘The question that arose for decision was whether the mis-hit was something a reasonable man would have had in contemplation as a risk that was reasonably likely to happen. That required more than a mere possibility but not a greater than even likelihood, and if it was reasonably likely to happen it was negligent to neglect it in a situation where it could be avoided without difficulty, disadvantage or expense.’
Citations:
[1993] SLT 43
Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Cited by:
Cited – Marvin John Pearson v Anthony Lightning CA 1-Apr-1998
The parties were golfers playing different holes at the same time. The shot of one hit the other in the eye. The shot was a recovery shot over where he should have known others would be playing. Where a golfer hit a shot which was difficult but . .
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Negligence
Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.184789