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Publication Date: 2019
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You and the Law: Time for a Reassessment of Assumption of Risk in Golf? Don't Count on It
Rosselli, Anthony C.
Physical Educator, v76 n4 p1128-1133 2019
"FORE!" Those four letters are often the only thing that alerts spectators attending golf tournaments of danger heading their way. With professional golfers swinging the golf club at upwards of 120 mph, sending the ball an average of 295 yards (Wilco, 2018), and with professional long drive competitors swinging up to 150 mph, a small hard golf ball can become a dangerous projectile with serious potential for catastrophic injury. In this article, I examine the courts' stance on assumption of risk for spectators, provide real-world examples of injuries within golf, and provide potential safeguards for minimizing risk for spectators.
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