[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by blankall

I think it should be the golf courses responsibility as long as the golfer is not intentionally doing anything stupid.

It's the golf course who is making the money off this after all. If I go golfing I expect to be able to golf in a manner where I'm not constantly having to be cautious about hitting balls off the course. Not everyone is a pro-golfer, and the golf course should set up the course in a manner that accomdates for....golfing.

As for the, "shouldn't have built your house there" argument, I don't buy that argument either. The golf course owns one piece of property and the home owners own another. You should either restrict your activities to your own property or be prepared to compensate your neighbours when you @#@# up theirs. It doesn't matter if there was nooone else around you when you set up the golf course, the property around you still didn't belong to you.

I don't buy that.
There are a lot of courses that doen't have houses lining the course. If you can't keep the ball on the fairway, stay away from narrow house lined courses.

There are lot's of courses I won't play at becasue I'm affraid I might hit a house, do I go anyway, and hope the golf course pays for damages? Nope, I avoid them and I go somewhere where if I hit a bad shot, i won't do any damage.