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Golfer Not Liable for Errant Golf Ball 54 minutes ago HONOLULU - A golfer may not be held liable for mistakenly hitting another golfer with an errant golf ball, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled. The court unanimously upheld a lower court ruling to dismiss Ryan Yoneda's lawsuit against Andrew Tom, whose wayward ball hit Yoneda in the left eye at Mililani Golf Course in 1999. Chief Justice Ronald Moon wrote Yoneda assumed the risk of the injury when he played golf. It is "common knowledge that not every shot played by a golfer goes exactly where he intends it to...

Has anyone here ever been banned from FR and you are a sincere conservative, not just some troll? If so, why were you banned? Just a question..

WASHINGTON - (KRT) - Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said Thursday he was troubled by racially insensitive comments attributed more than a decade ago to a woman the Bush administration has tapped for a top State Department job and threatened to block her nomination until his concerns were addressed. Henrietta Holsman Fore, who is the director of the U.S. Mint, was nominated to be the Under Secretary of State for Management. The position oversees human resources and the civil rights office for State Department employees around the world. The comments came to light Thursday during her confirmation hearing before the Senate...

CARLISLE, Pa. - A golfer plunked in the face by an errant ball was unable to convince a jury that the man who hit him was negligent for failing to yell "Fore!" James A. Tomkins claimed fellow golfer George Long didn't yell the standard warning when he hit a wayward shot on the Cumberland Golf Course in 1999. The ball hit Tomkins in the right eye, knocking him out of his golf cart. Jurors deliberated two hours Tuesday before deciding that Long was not negligent. Long, who claimed he did yell a warning, said golfers in Pennsylvania would be happy...

Forgive me if I have posted this in the wrong area, I am not new to FR but haven't posted much. A group of my friends are going on a golf trip. There are 12 golfers playing 4 rounds of golf as foursomes. I have been asked to come up with a schedule that has each golfer playing at least one round of golf with the other eleven golfers. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

SUN CITY CENTER -- Donna Kelly was stunned by the sight of the elderly man in the golf cart puttering along the on-ramp to Interstate 75. He was at least a mile from any of the golf cart paths common in this south Hillsborough retirement community. Kelly and other motorists hit their car horns to get his attention, "but he was just smiling and happy and kept right on driving." Before he was stopped Thursday, the 85-year-old man drove his golf cart 5 miles on I-75, never exceeding 20 mph. The unusual sight generated at least 15 calls to law...

LONGWOOD, Fla. -- Two golfers were arrested for allegedly beating up a 14-year-old boy who took one of their balls, authorities said. Gary Mottola, of Oviedo, said he was cutting across the Wekiva Golf Club's sixth hole when he saw a golf ball in a sand trap and took it. Mottola and other witnesses told deputies that the ball's owner, Andrew Young, 41, of Longwood, and Richard Bailey, 44, of Lansing, Mich., kicked and punched the boy after one of the men tackled him and dragged him back to the course. "All I did was take a ball," said...

<p>DANA POINT – Former President Bill Clinton was caught in a number of bad lies Friday, but what did you expect? Orange County has always been a Republican stronghold. Besides, he was playing golf.</p> <p>Good thing the Secret Service agents were there to watch his back, as Clinton hacked it around in the pro-am portion of the Hyundai Team Matches at The Golf Links at Monarch Beach, along with PGA Tour star Fred Couples, his playing partner for the day.</p>

<p>The former president battles a slice while playing in the Hyandai Team Matches pro-am.</p> <p>Though his politics tend toward the left, former President Clinton's golf game leans strongly to the right.</p> <p>Clinton played in the Hyundai Team Matches pro-am Friday and spent most of the day fighting a slice. His playing partner at The Golf Links at The St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort was Fred Couples.</p>