A golfer who lost the use of an eye when his own shot ricocheted and hit him in the face is finally getting the justice he deserves, as he is now suing the country club where it happened.

Paul Sanchez, a 67-year-old “occasional” golfer… was golfing with two or three friends in September 2006 when a ball he hit bounced off a yardage-marker and “whacked him” in the right eye, according to his attorney, Barry M. Scotch…

In the lawsuit, Sanchez faults the course’s owners for failing to warn him about the markers… Sanchez is seeking unspecified damages, claiming the markers were made of material too rigid to be safe for the course… He also blames the mishap on a lack of warning about the markers and improper placement in the middle of the fairway.

Jesus.  Does every GD thing in this country have to have padding and warning labels now?   Litigious pussies like this guy are why I can’t set bear traps at the playground any more.

[oobgolf]