The suit said it was Sanchez's third shot on the hole. The marker was 150 yards from the green.
Posted on 02/05/2009 10:03:23 AM PST by george76
Paul Sanchez, a 67-year-old "occasional" golfer, sued Candia Woods Golf Links this week over an accident that left him blind in one eye.
Sanchez, of 20 Country Club Drive, Manchester, was golfing with two or three friends in September 2006 when a ball he hit bounced off a yardage-marker and "whacked him" in the right eye, according to his attorney, Barry M. Scotch.
"Before he could even -- pardon the expression -- blink, he was hit," Scotch said. "It just ricocheted right back at him."
In the lawsuit, Sanchez faults the course's owners for failing to warn him about the markers, which are used by golfers to decide what type of club to use and how much effort to put into a swing.
Sanchez is seeking unspecified damages, claiming the markers were made of material too rigid to be safe for the course, according to the suit filed in Rockingham County Superior Court. He also blames the mishap on a lack of warning about the markers and improper placement in the middle of the fairway.
The suit contends the course didn't warn Sanchez about the risk in the pro shop, on the scorecard or on any tee boxes.
Police at the time said Sanchez was playing the 11th hole, a 443-yard par-4.
The suit said it was Sanchez's third shot on the hole. The marker was 150 yards from the green.
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Somebody needs to beat this guy senseless.
FORE! Eyes
SO MANY JOKES, SO LITTLE TIME..............PING!!
Send him back out on the course, he'll do it himself....
Man his second shot must have been crap.
That wouldn’t make the point he sorely needs to learn, my friend.
So, after the two-stroke penalty for interfering with a ball in play, he is sitting five hitting six. Case closed.
I know you have to play it where it landed, so... would that call for a wedge?
Why does only go part way?
Sue the maker of the club, the ball, the maker of the marker and himself for being such an idiot.
In my experience, just aim for the marker and you’ll be safe.
geez, that was rough.
Reminds me of the foursome composed of a doctor, an attorney, a minister and an accountant who would play every Tuesday morning. One day they got behind a foursome that was taking FOREVER to play. Hole after hole they were spending 30 to 45 minutes per hole. Finally one of the trailing foursome got the attention of a manager and demanded to know why the group ahead was taking so long. The manager apologized and explained they were blind, had been blinded several years earlier when a golf car battery exploded, and the course let them play for free as a nice gesture.
The doctor expressed his apology for being so insensitive and offered to have a fellow eye doc take a look at their injuries.
The account also apologized and asked if he could work with the course accountants to get the course the best tax treatment for their kindness to the disabled.
The pastor expressed an apology and would certainly add the blind golfers to the prayer list at the church where he ministered.
The attorney asked, “Why can’t they play at night?”
This fag sgould stick to NERF golf, at the most!
“Police at the time said Sanchez was playing the 11th hole..”
Dirty Sanchez?
The suit said it was Sanchez's third shot on the hole. The marker was 150 yards from the green.
Did he take a “mulligan” ?
Not really. Tee shot into the woods, second shot is a punch out of the woods. Or tee shot into deep ruff and second shot is a wedge back into the fairway.
Still, all those yard markers are removeable much like the rope lines at pga events and the rope lines preventing carts on the greens. He needs to sue himself for negligence in not removing it if it is in his line.
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