Niddry Castle Golf Club

  • How liable is a golf club when someone is hit in the face by a ball?

    Brian Butler

    This article was published in 2012 after a golfer lost an eye after being struck by a ball. We have republished it due to a similar incident at the 2018 Ryder Cup – and included links of legal cases since then when stray balls have hit people.

  • Shock £320k damages ruling against club

    Alistair Dunsmuir

    Appeal court judges in Scotland have stunned the golf industry by announcing that a golf club must pay a substantially higher proportion of damages than had been previously ruled, after a golfer lost his eye when he was hit by a ball.

  • Hard hat warning for golf club employees

    Alistair Dunsmuir

    Greenkeepers at a golf club have been told by their local council that they should wear hard hats in what could become a new health and safety issue for clubs.