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Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
I see what you are saying but I disagree. I'm not a lawyer but I don't believe that just putting up a sign exempts you from all liability.
Now if you excuse me I have to go and golf....Hopefully after all this talk I don't hit a house *knock on wood*
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IMO the signs are fairly irrelevant. The way I see things, it's pretty simple: Golfer makes choice to play a golf course with a specific layout that has private property (homes) outside the property of the course (where the game is designed to be played). The golfer then is able to clearly assess, while on and playing the course, where any private property is in relation to where he needs to shoot his ball. Golfer then hits the ball so badly off line it leaves the private property of the course, entering and damaging the private party of a third party.
Why, as a golf course owner, or as a home owner, should one be liable to "take necessary precautions" against that type of negligence? And what could even be done? 100 foot netting lining each and every property line on the course? Why, as a home owner, should one be forced to diminish the value and quality of their property (having to look out at a giant net/screen) simply to protect themselves from the potential negligence of golf course patrons?