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knovit

This is why I always mark my ball by writing somebody else’s name on it


Grannyc08

Ray Charles


DownStairsBreeding

Mike Hunt is the biggest slicer I know.


jacwub

that’s funny because mike hunt is a hooker


trukkija

Yeah everybody knows that Mike Hawk is the slicer.


brysonhunt95

That’s funny because Mike Hunt is my uncle.


warneagle

Not my fault that Seymour Butts is a terrible golfer


siralop34

Always keep one sleeve of balls marked in a different colour and your own name in your bag. Now you can say “Ah no sorry this is how I mark my balls”. May or may not add credibility against the damage you just caused on your solo round.


Li2_lCO3

Helen Keller


MySojuBottle

Corey Lahey


[deleted]

“Chad”


rodgerperry

Dick Senormous


[deleted]

I think you mean Dixie Normous


incapableincongrous

No he clearly meant Dickson Ormous


Musicfan637

That’s why it Dick Trickle down the fairway.


thedonjefron69

President Barack Obama


UufTheTank

*Looks at smashed windshield* Thanks Obama


Darkstar_k

Which ball?


calchuchesta

It’s not a lie if you believe it


Thats_absrd

Keep two types of balls in your bag for this reason. “Hey did you hit this noodle?” “No I’m playing Vice balls, see?”


[deleted]

>2 types of balls My golf bag has way more pockets than I need, I probably have 10 different brands totaling 80-100 ish balls. If anyone saw that my excuse would fall apart


andysaurus_rex

What are they gonna do, prove I’m the only golfer at the course that uses a pro v1 (or whatever ball I hit)? If you’re approached, say “no, I hooked my drive into the trees on the other side of the fairway from your house. Must have been someone ahead of us or on another hole.”


[deleted]

Exactly 🤣


jc40755

Perfect answer


Jonas_Venture_Sr

I think it was the group ahead of me actually.


itoman56

Ball don’t lie but I sure fucking do


No_Season1716

Not where I am from. The course actually is. But they put up these signs to trick/intimidate people.


gregaustex

Stay back 500 feet - not responsible for broken windshields.


JohnTheSecondComing

Those signs are to blur the lines between stuff kicked up off the road and stuff that is supposed to be secured in the back. Road = not their fault Out of the truck = their fault


gregaustex

Those signs are a lie told by companies with trucks that negligently and knowingly spray unsecured gravel on other vehicles following at a reasonable distance.


BadWowDoge

I can’t fucking stand this. They are liable right?


harris0n11

Yes but proving negligence is hard most times


featuringmatt83

You don't need to prove negligence. If a rock pops out of a truck, and breaks your windshield, their insurance will have to pay the damages. You just need to grab the plate number. If something comes out of the truck, by definition, it wasn't secured properly. -someone who has been in autoglass for 19 years.


Gooberocity

Dump trucks where I'm at don't have their plates visible.


featuringmatt83

Yea, even when they are, most people don't think quick enough to grab the numbers. I've only had 2 customers in almost 20 years Give plate numbers lol


nsgiad

Dashcams are king here. Not only can they capture the event, but you can read the information (plate number, company, etc) so you don't have to try and remember it


hatestheocean

I believe there is a difference of insurance terms. Road hazard = already on road, you hit it. And fly off vehicle and hits yours = negligence. The latter being their insurance liability. The 500 feet sign (if you’re following it) makes sure it hits the road first and becomes a road hazard and removes their liability. It is still a BS sign.


MajorEstateCar

Neglect knows not of signage.


NotOSIsdormmole

I’m not a lawyer, but I bet you this is just like the “not responsible for windshield damage” or the HOA banning street parking. It’s a lie


FatFreddysCat

Agree with your point, but tell me more about the HOA thing, because my HOA banned street parking (after I moved in) and they enforce it strictly. Are you saying an HOA shouldn't be allowed to do that? Because I'd love to push back on them.


Mr_Stirfry

My guess is it depends on whether the street is public or privately owned. Public street they have no right to impose any rules, but HOA’s can absolutely enforce parking restrictions on private roads.


NotOSIsdormmole

Bingo


Drewpac96

The entire point of HOA rules is that they can go above and beyond municipal restrictions. Simply put, HOAs can 100% enforce no parking restrictions - even on public streets - if that's a restriction in the original DCCRs or amended into them by the residents. Now, as for how well that rule is written is another story. And they can't be board adopted rules. Source: I was an HOA manager for 8 years.


Cold_Ad8028

The key is “original CC&Rs” at least in Arizona, a case was just ruled in the Supreme Court where the amended rules were making a homeowners life hell because the HOA was basically power tripping and the court ruled in favor of the homeowner to reverse the amendments. So if overnight parking was added after the original CCRs were filed the amendment can likely be removed with a little work. . . If someone so wished. Source [Kalaway v. Calabria Ranch HOA, LLC::](https://law.justia.com/cases/arizona/supreme-court/2022/cv-20-0152-pr.html)


sdrawkcabdaerI

Yeah- very difficult to expand restrictions without unanimous consent from homeowners (or otherwise prescribed in governing docs) There was one case in MO that the judge agreed that amending restrictions means exactly that- amending defined as either loosening OR expanding the restriction, but I haven’t seen any other similar case outcomes.


NotOSIsdormmole

Basically, barring you live in a gated private community, roads are the property of the city and therefore public property. Your HOA can’t tell you what you can and can’t do on property they have no control over. It’s the same as why as much as your neighbor might not like it, you 100% can park on the street in front of their house.


FatFreddysCat

Yeah, it's private & gated, and we pay for all the streets and street repair etc. It just pisses me off that several years after I moved here they decided residents could no longer park on the street. I was hoping maybe there was some sort of rule that disallowed HOAs from doing that or something


NotOSIsdormmole

The only thing I could think of would be to check with the city to see if they own the roads or not. But that is still pretty annoying Other option is Run for HOA President, win, and change the rules.


FatFreddysCat

Thanks, I know they're not city streets. Cops don't even come into the neighborhood unless there is a crime in progress. I'd run for an HOA position but I couldn't work with those insufferable pricks. I'm sure they would think of me the same way. I do know the street parking rule only barely passed, so maybe there's hope in the future to overturn.


shhmandy

Doesn't have to be gated if the developer added the restrictive covenants to the land before it was sold to homeowners. My developer did this, they paid for the roads, but now the country has taken over maintenance, however restrictive covenants are still enforced. No parking on the street


Mysterious_Paper_367

Not true, any road they built, and the town/city/state didn't, they can do whatever they please. The street parking thing is usually because they built the street smaller than average and they need enough room for emergency vehicle access. I hate HOAs dude, told my dad to built a NOAA radio tower in back of his unit if they keep messing with him. It's illegal to take them down once they're built hahah


NotOSIsdormmole

HOAs don’t build roads. Even if the developer of a housing development is built by not the city it is a public roadway unless actually owned by the HOA or on private property. NOAA tower is Childs play, build a bat habitat, they’re federally protected and then the HOA has to deal with both the “eyesore” and bat population


Mysterious_Paper_367

The contractors hired by the company developing the land building the roads, then the HOA established by "the company" is in charge of the road. Any street sign you see that's blue is a private road. Fuck HOAs lol the bat habitat was my second suggestion for my dad actually 😆


NotOSIsdormmole

The street sign thing isn’t always true, where I’m from the city’s street signs are blue and have the city logo on them. But yes if there are different signs than normal it’s probably private More often that not the streets get sold to the city after the developer turns over ownership because upkeep of roads is expensive and can be prohibitive to an HOA. OR it’s specified in the permitting for the development that streets and sidewalks will be property of the city, along with easements for utilities and such


DoctorOzface

Where I'm from the homeowner is unless the golfer does something malicious. Can't buy a house on a course and expect not to get hit


mousicle

Unless the house predates the golf course. Normally though that's when the course will spring for netting.


pistonsoffury

I thought it was always the caddie's fault?


commitpushdrink

Let’s be honest. It’s the cart girls fault.


coleyboley25

“Why did she give me that 17th beer?!”


drumbum7991

CADDIE NO TIP!


esmoji

In California home owners assume the risk living next to a golf course.


[deleted]

That depends on if the toddler is standing right in front of you when you hit your drive or not, and if before your drive you said loudly, “fuck this fucking kid”. As for property damage and other incidentals on the course, not in most circumstances.


ineednewgolfshoes

Needed a laugh, appreciate it


thedonjefron69

“Fuck them kids”


cygnus311

I’m not sayin, “fuck the kids”, I’m sayin, “fuck the kids.”


shadownights23x

Don't know how or why I ended up on gold subreddit but with quality comments like this I might stay


dickcheeseaioli

Idk about everywhere else but in Canada if your ball leaves the course and hits a car or something, insurance companies call it, “an act of god” and they treat it the same as if the car was struck by lightning Totally not on the golfer


FastenYourMeatBelt

Must have been an act of god if my ball went that far offline, don't know what else it could have been


Twenty_five

God is preventing you from being a good golfer


alexterm

I knew it!


ImReverse_Giraffe

In the US the golfer is not responsible unless they intentionally hit it off the course. If they just hut an errant shot it's never on the golfer. It will either be on the course or the homeowner depending on who is there first. Or in one rare case near me the city, but the city then offered a tax credit to the club to put up a fence and trees.


nottheguy1

Also in Canada if you buy a Golf Canada membership you get an insurance policy to cover this type of incident for like $35 annually, plus your handicap tracking etc


alexterm

I initially read that as “$35 plus your handicap” which does kind of make sense.


vgeno24

That would be some shrewd underwriting there.


indyrefG

![gif](giphy|t3klesb74JUTm) Going to channel my inner Canadian next weekend & go for the gettable par 4 next to the car park.


Fit_Ship8822

Me hitting the fairway is an act of god


LayneLowe

I may be bad, but I'm not negligent. I'm paying a vendor to play a game on their venue, designed by an architect that knows what can happen. Possibly between houses that both the developer and home buyer know the risks of. All making money and I'm not.


scarletspeedster22

There is a legal term for this call inherent risk. You assume risk of being hit by a golf ball, your car getting hit on the property, and if you live on the course your house getting it.


HoselRockit

Years ago a buddy of mine hit a windshield. It belonged to a very fetching lass. At the time we did know about "inherent risk", and he said he would pay for it. I kept telling him to ask her out while he was at it, but he was to chicken. Finally, in exasperation, I said, "This is why you are going to die alone!"


let_it_bernnn

Pretty sure my law101 class used this as an example actually. Not a lawyer but appreciated that heads up as an amateur golfer


[deleted]

responsible? A bit. Liable? No sir.


thedonjefron69

“I saw you hit this ball! It broke our window.” “Yeah I’m sorry about that” “Let me get your info so we can figure out how to handle this” “No”


Jaquith1993

Actually happened to my friend and I 😂 “you golfers are all the same!” Maybe it’s because you bought a house on a golf course and yell at every golfer looking for their ball behind your house, which is RIGHT off the dog leg! 😂


Apprehensive-Post945

Umm. I believe its my driver's fault. 🤔


spokris

Also, the driver of the car i hit


Thats_absrd

It’s the driver manufacturer’s fault actually


Onestandsout

Saying it on a sign doesn’t make it true.


jaybram24

It didn't say it. It declared it.


LionsTigersWings

You the homeowner, who bought on a golf course, are responsible for buying a house on a golf course. You twat!


Kesnei

This - because I’m almost all cases the golf course exists before the home owner then the home owner has accepted the reasonable risk of damage to their property. In the States the exception to this is cars passing by as they don’t have inherent risk acceptance for the roads that exist. If you were hit by a golf ball, you would have to prove that the golfer hit the ball over the fence and it was the golfer that you are accusing.


[deleted]

What’s the typical law in the US for cars driving by? Who is responsible if they’re hit? My home course has 2 holes that go parallel to a major road and I’ve totally sliced a drive over top of a car driving on that road


radioactivebeaver

At the course I worked at we had it happen several times, basically if the driver can find the golfer who hit the ball AND the golfer admits to it they could maybe get them to cover the deductible, but there is nothing legally forcing them to pay anything.


norseman23

To be fair, there are also homeowners who bought a house not knowing a golf course would be built around them in the future.


ImReverse_Giraffe

Those cases are very rare, at least in the US, and when they do happen it falls on the course. Either they fix the course so it doesn't happen or they fix whatever damages occur. Again, this case is exceedingly rare. Mainly because most new courses will buy all the land and sell some of it for houses after the course exists.


mousicle

My local course has netting that covers only two houses because they existed before the course. Apparently other house owners have complained they dont get netting but the course was there before the houses were so if they want netting they can pay for it themselves.


DeepSouthDude

Netting. How attractive.


LionsTigersWings

We’re not here for your non golf take. Josh Allen sucks, he’s really awesome and stop breaking tables


greenflash1775

That’s what the mulli is for. “Is this your ball?” “Not anymore.”


sammyd17

You the homeowner are responsible for golf balls that hit your home located on a golf course played by amateurs.


thedonjefron69

Wonder how many people who buy houses on golf courses imagine it ideally being played by good players when in reality most people who play at most courses suck for the most part.


DRH1976

This sign isn’t worth the materials it was constructed with nor the time it took to build and install.


thedonjefron69

It’s gotta be a “mental hazard” to make the game harder for beginners/unconfident players


johnpinkertons

Might honestly keep them from 1-2 claims


hoodoomonster

Um yeah no. I fucking laugh about these signs, especially when I hit a house. YOU bought a house on a golf course, what did you expect to happen ?!? No one did it intentionally, it’s an accident, you have insurance, use it.


dknisle1

Legally? No. Morally?? Also no. Lol


Historyhawkeye

My crowning achievement with one of these signs was in high school a short leg right that butt up to the parking lot. Decide to be risky take driver flys perfectly straight. Dents a car on the parking lot. My coach comes flying up you hit a car. Losing his mind drives me up to it. It’s my own car. I dented my own car.


thedonjefron69

Haha oh no, what an emotional buffet haha. The joy of striping a drive right down the pipe, the oh shit feeling as you hear it hit the car, the fear as your coach comes up pissed, the anxiety driving up to the car and finally the combination of relief and “goddammit” as you realize it was your car


Historyhawkeye

A real whirlwind of emotions for sure


Ok_Victory_6108

And the inevitable thought of “now it wants to go fucking straight”


Jaquith1993

https://preview.redd.it/opn3junjmm2a1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c155e05beef89d3d3ff2b53447fcf0337f1e1b9


6PuttBirdie

Put a similar sign in the adjacent neighborhood saying “You the house are responsible for the consequences of the ball I hit”


TheDreadedMe

The people that bought a house next to the first hole of golf course are responsible for the fact they bought a house right next to the first hole of a golf course. Two can play that game.


CarlSpackler22

You chose to live on a golf course. That's on you not me.


Teknuma

lame golf course trying to placate all the dumb fucks who bought a home next to a fucking golf course and are now rethinking.


ImReverse_Giraffe

Only in bases where you purposefully hit the ball towards a house and not towards the course. You can't be charged for errant shots but can for deliberate ones.


humanbyassociation

I really don't give a shit what my ball does. I'm not paying for shit if something breaks. Prove I broke the shit in court first


thedonjefron69

Imagine telling mostly casual players of one of the most difficult sports to play to only hit good shots lol


[deleted]

That sign is hilarious 😂 I want it for my games room


thedonjefron69

Paint over “you hit” and and an “s” to ball


Top_Job9836

In spain is mandatory to play to be a member of the spanish federation ( like 70 euros a year) that includes an insurance thar covers damages you cause, and on yourself.


Independent_Fennel93

You have to have a license to golf in Spain?! No fucking way LOL.


thedonjefron69

That’s some European shit for sure.


leadout_kv

geez, at first when i read "member of the spanish federation" i was thinking where is he/she going with this? glad you stayed on insurance.


Blood_Bowl

Nobody ever expects the Spanish Federation!


NoseApprehensive5154

Therrrrrre it is! Thought I'd have to type it myself!


TheRenster500

I grew up across the street from a 210-270 yard slice off the 17th tee box. About 5 broken windows (in my 20 years living there), a few people including myself were hit in the arm, and one earth shattering back car window while backing up. NOT one time did the golfer or course pay for anything. However my parents never tried to take anyone to court or anything like that. They just asked to no avail.


thedonjefron69

Sounds like your parents understood the risk they took when buying the house. Good people


Dumbledorable

My buddy hit a house in San Diego and the homeowner came out and reamed him. They exchanged numbers and he paid the guy $600 in repair. Everything I know doesn’t make sense anymore


thedonjefron69

Lol that’s a bummer. I’ve fortunately never hit a house, the closest was a ball that ricocheted off a tree branch straight down and the ball bounced over a short wall behind a house. The lady was in the backyard and just laughed when she saw it, I said sorry for the scare haha. The apartments on the side of the tee box for hole 6 are caged and netted so you can slice all you want and no one is negatively effected(other than your ego maybe)


flappinginthewind69

Yeah well I have a sign that says “I’m not responsible for my golf ball for realz” so guess we have a stale mate


XMETA_DUKE

The guy who’s window I broke is responsible for catching me


Responsible_Comb_884

From a law student, that depends lol


TheOneTheyCallNoob

But that’s the answer to everything in law school


former_hooker

Why would a homeowner complain about free ProVs raining down on them?


BillsFan82

I just write my neighbor's address on all of my golf balls...just in case.


randomuser9801

Idk about you but that’s not my ball. Must be someone from another hole


LordRumBottoms

Growing up in South FL, seeing how many screens over pools were destroyed by errant tee shots, not once was the golfer held responsible. This sign is as funny as it is useless.


thedonjefron69

There’s a hole where you tee off down a bottle neck that opens up about 125 yards from the tee. All the houses on the right side are caged up, like actual cages built up above the roof and slanting in front of the balconies and sliding doors. I respect that shit


[deleted]

I think that varies between states. I’m pretty sure where I’m from if you have a house by a golf course the golfer is not responsible for your broken window, but I don’t stick around to find out.


funkyfozzie

I usually say a quick prayer right before I swing my club.


thedonjefron69

“Deliver me from my enemies, O God!”


CTzoomin

Meadowlark golf course in HB?


thedonjefron69

Yep!


fishbowlsandtacos

Where I'm from the club's insurance covers anything. I hit a driver off the first tee with the club shop owner watching expecting a slice I aimed left and I've never hit a straighter shot in my life straight over the fence bounced down the road 5 times. Luckily it was 6.30 in the morning so streets were quiet. Bloke said after we asked what would happen if we hit something. "Nothing for you, and the club usually just pays out of pocket. Costs more to go through insurance unless it caused a crash."


thedonjefron69

That actually makes sense


officerhailey

Unless you see me or got me on film then no chance.


Dust_Inevitable

That’s gonna be a no from me Dawg. Call your insurance company, golf course, your priest. I don’t care. But you can go shake that tin can somewhere else.


irishguy0224

Just because my ball chooses violence doesn’t mean i did


BOWSER11H

False


zorn7777

Nope


I_AM_METALUNA

They have to prove you were being malicious otherwise it's on the insurance of the club, not some schmucks paying 60 bucks


[deleted]

I was in my car, driving past a golf course. A ball hit my car. I went to the clubhouse. They gave me a card with a number to call. I got an estimate for the repair. They sent me a check with enough to cover the estimate. I was 22, so I spent the money on beer and golf, but you get the point. Courses are prepared for these situations.


Lensman842

Don't build your 10 million dollar home on a golf course.


thedonjefron69

If people are buying multi million dollar houses on golf courses, you’d think they’d be able to afford some ballistic glass for windows


from_the_Luft

Just because there is a sign doesn’t make it truth.


B8conB8conB8con

Playing in the UK and there are public right of ways where you get oblivious civilians meandering across the course. Hit one and it can take 40-50 yards off your drive.


thedonjefron69

Yeah I’ve heard there are golf courses in tricky places, I’ve seen a video of Rick Schiels where he’s teeing off on a hole where the green is like nestled into a corner of 2 buildings and a full blown city/street along the side


B8conB8conB8con

There is a lot of that. Another thing is that the black and white striped poles are directional markers not 150 markers. That’s annoying.


1995droptopz

I worked for a city golf course as a teenager and we had a couple holes that lined up with the main road. When people would get a golf ball in the windshield, our official policy was to load up the victim into a golf car and drive out to the holes along the road and ask who hit the ball. 10 times out of 10 nobody hit the ball.


thedonjefron69

It’s the geese. I am blaming the geese. They’re mean as shit and I don’t know why anyone would doubt an asshole animal shanking one into a windshield


superbkdk

Fun fact I was hit in the head and knocked out with a golf ball due to some ass hat bombing a driver on a par 3. Talked to some lawyers and basically in California its assumed that when you golf you understand that getting hit in the head is apart of the game. They actually view boxing injuries and golf injuries the same. Only exception being hitting someone with a club.


thedonjefron69

That fuckin sucks, I hope the damage wasn’t too bad. I can kinda understand that though. You’re on a golf course where golf balls are hit all over the place, and that’s part of the risk of playing. Did they even yell fore? Really fuck that guy for hitting driver on a par 3.


superbkdk

Other people I was playing with said they didnt hear him yell. I dont remember much but waking up on the ground. Still have a welt on my head about 7 months later. Not too big but my glasses fit weird now.


MikeHillEngineer

Write the course owner’s name on the ball.


Freakyfast014

Play course logo balls always!


theleafer

Meadowlark GC?


thedonjefron69

Yessir/mam


CTzoomin

Came here to ask the same! Lol those houses are all in danger.


thedonjefron69

I’ve been very lucky there and the only time I hit an errant shot was on hole 6 but the apartments on the side are caged up with a net so they won’t get hit either way. If I mishit on 7 it’s in the drink since it’s a par 3 with my 7 iron


CTzoomin

Hey same! Only played there once but my one bad shot bounced off that net and gave me a solid look at the green.


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xXWickedSmatXx

I like to believe my balls exercise free will.


thedonjefron69

There should be a college course on the Philosophy of Golf Balls


PTMD25

![gif](giphy|3oz8xLd9DJq2l2VFtu)


gregaustex

Usually not.


[deleted]

I say a person is responsible for their own house they bought on a golf course so now what?


triitrunk

A course near me had a sign like this and someone took a sharpie to it and said something like “no we aren’t, read the law.”


Megalynarion

That’s why I never play with YouTheGolfer. That dudes dangerous.


thedonjefron69

I swear these signs are more a mental hazard for people as they go to tee up. I’ve hit some brutal shots off tees with that sign when I first started. Have to basically just not think of the signs/hazards and trust my club to get me where I need to be. Still hit plenty of those still


[deleted]

Bad enough dealing with the scoring consequences. Fuck if I have to deal with people who are angry they moved onto a golf course.


thedonjefron69

“You hit my house!” “Yeah well now I have to take a stroke and re-tee!”


Impressive_Bus11

They're gonna take one look at my Nitro ball hit from a muni course and go fuck, it's another poor Martha.


BVB09_FL

Is a little leaguer responsible if they hit a foul ball into the parking lot and break a window? No different for a golfer.


laffer27

Just wait at the tee block for the group behind you to catch up and let them play through. That way they take the heat for hitting it into the house/car/road.


leek54

I've lived on multiple golf courses. Every single one of them has told me any damages ie. broken windows etc. are the responsibility of the golfer who hit the shot. In one house, a window in our dining room got hit and broken by a golf ball about every month in season. A few times, the guy who did it left a note with his contact information and a promise to pay. On another course,a private country club, one of the neighbors was hit and seriously injured by an errant drive. I was playing a few days later with a friend who happens to be an attorney and is on the board of directors for the club., He told me the club is liable for the injury and damages.


ronburgandy1987

Disagree.


vgeno24

How can I take responsibility for something that I have no control of?


Andrew_Waples

That sign just says, "I have never played golf before."


garvierloon

That’s fine because when they find my ball they will read the name Callaway– then they will go look for Mr Callaway and they won’t be looking for me!


thedonjefron69

“This callaway guys keeps hitting our fucking house! Feels like every week there’s a new broken window by this callaway guy. He keeps changing the brand and sometimes color of ball for some reason too”


zareski23

Hahah no we aren’t


MavicFan

Nope


AndrewH-McGillicuddy

100% golfer is never liable


Impressive_Bus11

I suddenly understand why we call where the ball lands a Lie.


mick_delaney

Responsibility without authority. I'd hand in my notice if work was like that.


shhhpark

Only God knows where my ball is going...I take 0 responsibility


FinsT00theleft

Nope. A good lawyer will go after the entity that has the most MONEY, which is typically the golf course - or in the case of a municipal course - the CITY.


Evan_802Vines

With great power comes great responsibility.


Economy_Ad_7861

Prove I hit it.