Here's me thinking golf was a safe sport...

[Scotty01292]

Originally Posted by The master

Find him, and take the leading edge of a sand wedge to his head.

I was kinda thinking that the 4 iron might do a better job...

[golfman2760]

thats bullcrap

you should of taken an iron out and told him if he went after you that you were going to get swing happy at his head

ive heard there are a lot of sooks on the course thats why I stay near my bag

[Hangfire]

Here in America we don't have "free" healthcare but we do have swift retaliation;-)

[Dave Ireland]

Ya didn't happen to notice the Urethane insert provided a soft feel did ya ?

[Adam Pettman]

Originally Posted by Scotty01292

I just had to get taken up to the hospital... (Luckily we get free healthcare in GB)

I was out for a round with one of my mates and a boy in my year... He's not my mate, but I don't, well..... didn't hate him... As a joke, my mate took his putter out his bag, and put it in mine... This guy hated that... He rugby tackled me when he found out... I had my putter in my hand (Odyssey 2-Ball... You know the shape...) which I dropped. He continued to pick it up, and whack me, as hard as he could, twice (with the head of the putter) in my leg. I couldn't walk after this, and had to get an ambulance up to the hospital... I was lying on the 9th tee, in pain, for about 15 minutes, waiting for it to come. This guy just walked away.... Laughing... Fortunately, my mate was there to help. He got my phone out of my bag and phoned first, for the ambulance, second, my mum and dad.

Just shows what can (shouldn't... but CAN) happen on a golf course...

This is the reason we carry a driver enough said.

[Pa Jayhawk]

Originally Posted by EnglishGolfer

I don't support claiming falsely because my insurance costs me an arm and a leg. This just seems like a perfectly legitimate claim to me and I used to work in insurance!

Personally, I would go after his parents for no other reason than to make them open their eyes. If the kid was laughing, he (or his parent) needs to be taught a lesson in discipline and responsibility before he ends up in the slammer. If his parents aren't going to do it as they should just because it is their job. Maybe they will if they lose a little skin off their back.

I would never do this under false pretenses, but there is also a little thing called pain and suffering. You could even drop it afterwards, I think simply knowing they would have been paying out the @$$ if you where not a nicer guy may in fact be enough. They should at least know what the kid did.