GOLF RISKS
LADIES AT LAW
LONDON, May 4
“If the term ‘golfer’ means somebody able to play golf, the vast majority of those playing are not golfers,” was Mr. Justice Swift’s comment when Miss Jeamo Cleghorn sued Miss Cecil Oldham for injuries received at West Reunion (Yorks.) in J 925.
Miss Cleghorn’s brother foozled a drive and Miss Oldham undertook to show him how to swing. She swiped an imaginary ball and struck Miss Cleghorn, who was looking on, in the cheek. Miss Cleghorn fell unconscious, and since had suffered headaches.
Miss Oidhnm gave evidence that she usually addressed an imaginary ball before she drove.
Air. Justice Swift: Most golfers address the ball afterwards. For the defence it was argued that nobody injured during a game could recover damages, otherwise Hobbs would stop hitting sixes for fear of hitting spectators, and a footballer would hesitate to kick a goal. The judge left it to the jury to say whether the practice of swinging in these circumstances was an ordinary golfing risk. The jury decided in the negative, and awarded the plaintiff £l5O damages.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16340, 14 May 1927, Page 8
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