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First time for everything
Posted on 5/25/19 at 2:53 pm
Posted on 5/25/19 at 2:53 pm
First off. Kinda long...
Hole 12 at Santa Maria this morning. I hit a drive that went left and hit a birdhouse in someone’s back yard. It ricochet into his back patio and broke a little tricket. Guy was outside and yelled “you almost hit me”. I yelled and said “sorry ,are you okay?”. I walked toward him and kept asking if he was okay. He said “what did you hit”. I said I hit the bird house. Then he said “I hope you’re ready to pay $700 if it’s broke”. It wasn’t. Then his wife walked outside and noticed a broke cross or something. I apologized several times. He then asked if I was paying for it right now. I said I didn’t have cash on me and he said he’s call the cops. I played on figuring he’d calm down and realize how big of a douche he was being. His wife was telling him to calm down the entire time.
So he actually called the cops who met me at whole 18. Cop was nice and agreed the guy was a huge a-hole about it. I called the guy and we agreed on a settlement. He initially told me $40 bucks on the course, when I called him he gave me a huge rigamarole about sentimental value and how he called the guy who made it and claimed he couldn’t find another for that price and how he paid $85 for it. I again apologized and then said I’d agree to $60. He said that’s fine.
I get to the house and the wife opens the door and the first thing she does is apologize and say she’s sorry about all this. I apologized and said I was glad I didn’t hit anyone. The guy then walked up and I apologized yet again. Then I asked if they found my ball
. I actually planned that out before I got there. Probably a dick move, but I did get my ball back.
Then they invited me inside to show me where someone a while back hit their window and broke it and then lied about their name and number.
From what I can tell I am at fault which is why I paid the $60 bucks so we could both move on, but why do these people who live on golf courses want to be assholes about this stuff. It wasn’t even like I shanked it so bad I should be embarrassed. His bird house is about 20-25 yards from the fairway. He needs to take down the birdhouse or move it closer to his house in my opinion.
Anyone ever have this kind of experience or is everyone in here a +3 handicap?
Hole 12 at Santa Maria this morning. I hit a drive that went left and hit a birdhouse in someone’s back yard. It ricochet into his back patio and broke a little tricket. Guy was outside and yelled “you almost hit me”. I yelled and said “sorry ,are you okay?”. I walked toward him and kept asking if he was okay. He said “what did you hit”. I said I hit the bird house. Then he said “I hope you’re ready to pay $700 if it’s broke”. It wasn’t. Then his wife walked outside and noticed a broke cross or something. I apologized several times. He then asked if I was paying for it right now. I said I didn’t have cash on me and he said he’s call the cops. I played on figuring he’d calm down and realize how big of a douche he was being. His wife was telling him to calm down the entire time.
So he actually called the cops who met me at whole 18. Cop was nice and agreed the guy was a huge a-hole about it. I called the guy and we agreed on a settlement. He initially told me $40 bucks on the course, when I called him he gave me a huge rigamarole about sentimental value and how he called the guy who made it and claimed he couldn’t find another for that price and how he paid $85 for it. I again apologized and then said I’d agree to $60. He said that’s fine.
I get to the house and the wife opens the door and the first thing she does is apologize and say she’s sorry about all this. I apologized and said I was glad I didn’t hit anyone. The guy then walked up and I apologized yet again. Then I asked if they found my ball
. I actually planned that out before I got there. Probably a dick move, but I did get my ball back. Then they invited me inside to show me where someone a while back hit their window and broke it and then lied about their name and number.
From what I can tell I am at fault which is why I paid the $60 bucks so we could both move on, but why do these people who live on golf courses want to be assholes about this stuff. It wasn’t even like I shanked it so bad I should be embarrassed. His bird house is about 20-25 yards from the fairway. He needs to take down the birdhouse or move it closer to his house in my opinion.
Anyone ever have this kind of experience or is everyone in here a +3 handicap?
This post was edited on 5/25/19 at 2:54 pm
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Posted on 5/25/19 at 3:11 pm to IntenseKid
If you paid for something you broke while playing golf I consider you an idiot. Maybe others will disagree but there is no way that guy gets a cent out of me.
Posted on 5/25/19 at 4:00 pm to IntenseKid
He lives on a golf course and assumes the risk. Sue me
Posted on 5/25/19 at 5:34 pm to IntenseKid
People that buy a house on a golf course deserve everything coming their way.
This post was edited on 5/25/19 at 5:42 pm
Posted on 5/25/19 at 6:06 pm to IntenseKid
In college I hooked the shite out of my tee shot on #4 at Webble Beach. Broke a window on one of the apartments. Dude comes out demanding money, showed him my empty wallet. He asked for my phone number, gave him a fake one and finished my round.
Posted on 5/25/19 at 7:18 pm to IntenseKid
You paid $60 to hit a bad shot.
Think about that for a bit.
Think about that for a bit.
Posted on 5/25/19 at 8:59 pm to IntenseKid
12 is a 3 wood and a 7-9 iron.
Secondly, there is a presumption of risk where those houses are. The only way you are liable is if you are purposefully hitting a non-golf shot. (e.g. teeing it up and hitting it perpendicular to the course directly at his house, going to his yard and hitting it at his window, etc).
Someone hitting a bad shot and breaking something is something he knew could happen when he bought/built there.
If he sues you, you’ll win and get your legal fees paid as well.
Secondly, there is a presumption of risk where those houses are. The only way you are liable is if you are purposefully hitting a non-golf shot. (e.g. teeing it up and hitting it perpendicular to the course directly at his house, going to his yard and hitting it at his window, etc).
Someone hitting a bad shot and breaking something is something he knew could happen when he bought/built there.
If he sues you, you’ll win and get your legal fees paid as well.
Posted on 5/26/19 at 7:46 am to IntenseKid
I don't understand people like this. If you live on a golf course, prepare to have some stuff broken every now and then. Similarly, if you live on the Gulf of Mexico, expect that hurricanes will come through every now and then. I've give them my info and tell them to sue me.
Posted on 5/26/19 at 9:56 am to IntenseKid
The guy you encountered did overreact. I live on a course and my house is 60 yards from a green on a long par 4. I designed my house so no windows were facing oncoming shots. Been here 17 years and only one broken window when a guy skulled one out of a green side bunker. He was kind enough to volunteer to pay for the damage when I walked out to see what happened.
As a homeowner on a course, you do have to have a sense of humor about some stuff, but you also don’t expect players to disrespect your property. When there are clear OB markers, get out of the cart and walk up into someone’s yard to retrieve a ball, don’t drive the cart up in the yard of a property owner. The thing that really pisses me off though is when a player hits a ball 30 yards up in my yard and then proceeds to take practice swings and try to hit a shot when they are clearly OB and they know their not on the course. If I see them, I will walk outside and tell them that if they choose to play their ball and their divot takes out a buried sprinkler head then they will be paying $200 to hat it repaired. At that point they generally act like they didn’t know they were out of bounds or something, but there are four OB markers along the property line.
Have fun, but just because you pay a green fee or cart fee does not entitle you to do whatever you want.
As a homeowner on a course, you do have to have a sense of humor about some stuff, but you also don’t expect players to disrespect your property. When there are clear OB markers, get out of the cart and walk up into someone’s yard to retrieve a ball, don’t drive the cart up in the yard of a property owner. The thing that really pisses me off though is when a player hits a ball 30 yards up in my yard and then proceeds to take practice swings and try to hit a shot when they are clearly OB and they know their not on the course. If I see them, I will walk outside and tell them that if they choose to play their ball and their divot takes out a buried sprinkler head then they will be paying $200 to hat it repaired. At that point they generally act like they didn’t know they were out of bounds or something, but there are four OB markers along the property line.
Have fun, but just because you pay a green fee or cart fee does not entitle you to do whatever you want.
Posted on 5/26/19 at 1:32 pm to IntenseKid
When I was in 6th(?) grade in the early 90s, was playing the 9-hole course in West Monroe - can't remember what it was called (Cypress?).
The 4th hole, I think, fronted North 7th. I hit a shot that hit a tree, ricocheted off it and came down and shattered the windshield of a car driving down the street.
The guy left his name and number at the clubhouse and I believe my mom used her homeowners to pay for it.
The 4th hole, I think, fronted North 7th. I hit a shot that hit a tree, ricocheted off it and came down and shattered the windshield of a car driving down the street.
The guy left his name and number at the clubhouse and I believe my mom used her homeowners to pay for it.
Posted on 5/26/19 at 3:13 pm to IntenseKid
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From what I can tell I am at fault
Actually you aren’t unless you intentionally hit it at his house.
Posted on 5/26/19 at 5:31 pm to IntenseKid
Santa Maria hole 12
If you zoom in you can see a white spec in one of the yards on the left. That’s the bird house that my ball ricocheted off of.
The owners told me they asked the course to move the tee boxes up but they said no.
If you zoom in you can see a white spec in one of the yards on the left. That’s the bird house that my ball ricocheted off of.
The owners told me they asked the course to move the tee boxes up but they said no.
This post was edited on 5/26/19 at 5:36 pm
Posted on 5/26/19 at 10:00 pm to IntenseKid
I lived on a different golf course and I played Santa Maria years ago and one of the back nine holes maybe hole 13 I hit a hybrid off the tee box - trying to hit a draw - it went straight. Busted a window.
I stopped gave the lady my phone number and after the round I stopped and gave her a ck for the window pain.
Some people say you live on a golf course you know this risk, but I think the golfer should man up and pay for what they broke.
I stopped gave the lady my phone number and after the round I stopped and gave her a ck for the window pain.
Some people say you live on a golf course you know this risk, but I think the golfer should man up and pay for what they broke.
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