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[8thehardway]

I have a friend who's a high 90s golfer and distracted by ANYTHING. One weekend he takes his biggest client and his client's biggest client - the President of a global corporation - to his company's country club. On the first hole the tees are maybe two yards short of a ball washer, which is where the President is standing. My friend sees a falling leaf in his downswing, sends his drive almost 90* left, hits the ball washer and then the President's forehead who had to be hospitalized. End of round, end of corporate golf for my buddy because an impossibly bad shot was merely improbable.

[Prog8r]

I was playing at a Navy course once.  My group was walking off the green on a par 5 when I heard a whizz and then whomp.  it hit me on the inside of the upper thigh on the femoral artery.  That thing swelled up huge size right away and my entire legs was bruised from the sack to the knee.  I don't know what the guy was thinking.  It was a short par 5 and he was inside of 200 for the approach.  I knocked his ball into the woods and he came up all mad because I did it.  One step back so I could get a full swing with my putter and crush his skull.  But luckily my group tackled me and did not let it happen.

[chasemyaccord]

When I was young, my dad would always make me wear this hard, safari looking hat on the course. I absolutely dreaded wearing it since I thought I looked like a fool. One day on the 7th hole, as soon as I walk out of the cart, a ball bounced off my head and landed on the tee box. Hardly felt a thing. Ever since that day, I couldn't say a word whenever he'd make me wear the hat.

[goobers80]

I gots hit in wrist standing by par 3 green . My faults for looking for balls while friend was tee'ing off. I do nots mind pain , so kept playing and still little lump on wrist that is sore a month or so laters.

[VinceFurnier]

I wasn't a perp or victim in this one, but I won't forget it. There was a high school girls tourney at the course I was working at. A girl cold toe shanked one 90 degrees and caught her competitor between the eyes. I could hear the screaming and another girl came running asking for a first aid kit. When we got to the girl she already had a MAXIPAD soaking up the blood. It wad a sight to behold. The girl ended up not having any permanent damage, but had to get some minor cosmetic work done. I actually dated her for a little while after that. I think she still had a stitch in her nose and black eyes when we first hooked up.

[Ogre41]

I have been hit twice. Not bad either time, but they were on the same course. Once in the thigh by a guy I played hockey with nd once in the forearm by my brother in law. Mercifully both had deflected off of trees before hey deflected off of me. But, neither one felt great. I can't really imagine getting hit by a full boar 3 wood or driver. No bueno for certain.

[KrudlerAce]

That sounded really painful.

I got hit in the front of the thigh several years ago and it hurt like hell. There was a bruise the size of 2 tennis balls to prove it.

I'm glad we both didn't get hit in the head or we might not be here to tell the story.

[dac]

I have hit someone and have been hit before too. Both are horrible feeling.

[Craglyboy]

I've been hit more times than I have hit someone.

The worst I had was taking a shot to the the base of my back as junior, wasn't really anyone's fault playing a stupid course where most shots were blind, but got a cart back to the clubhouse and couldn't walk properly for a few days.

Other bad one was messing around practice with mates. We were all trying to emulate the tiger advert of keeping p the ball then smashing the ball in mid air, my mate just completely skulls this shot hits me in the ankle, one of the worst pains I've ever had swells up imeadiately end up going to hospital thankfully it wasn't broken but again I couldn't walk for a while.

I recently hit someone on my new course. Playing on my own just practicing we have a 450 par 4, the guys in front can't reach in 2, doesn't bother me I'm listening to a podcast so I'm quite happy. I'm waiting to hit my 2nd in with a 6 iron and its been about 15 minutes so I wasn't exactly feeling great swinging, they move off the green and about 7-10 yards left of the green side bunker is the tee for the next hole. I don't particularly want to wait for them on the next hole as there are another group in front of them teeing off, so I hit my approach and obviously pull it. I shout fore from about 180 out and from what I see it hits the trees above them and they duck. I walk up and apologise if it hits them and this guy goes mental at me for not shouting, I apologise and told him I shouted, but he is adamant I didn't and I hit him, the guy continues to lay into me and I just take it no point gettin in a fight he's not hurt that's the main thing, his playing partners come up to me and say its going to be a slow round and I say I didn't mind I was just practicing and I needed all the practice I can get as you can see by my last shot they laugh but the guy is still pissed, I proceed to chip ove the bunker to about 3 ft and miss the putt. He tees off on a par 3 about 160 and comes up short with a 3 wood whilst I'm watching and I just walk in after that no point having a guy like that in front of me.

[msiedel]

I was on the 2nd hole, tree lined middle between hole 8. I was just about in the tree line with my drive. Got to my ball and notice some guys T'ing off on 8. I got behind the cart to watch and I'll be damned if a ball didn't come over the top of the cart and hit me in the upper chest on the fly. No one even yelled Four. Had a bruise for a week.

[Manglor]

Was being a smartass greenside on a par-3, thought it would be funny to hit a Lefty 60* flop shot and ended up blading it into my buddy's back. He was about 15 yards away.  Poor bastxxx was peeing blood for a couple days.  Lucky I didn't do real damage to him.  I was about 20 at the time...learned my lesson!  I'm still buying him beers to this day...11 years later.

[yoshiod9]

This past weekend a good friend and I were playing a round back home (he's a beginning golfer).  We both hit fairly decent drives, distance-wise, on a 429 yard  par 4 but I was stuck under a tall pine tree.  As we are waiting for the green to clear, I looked back at the tee box and see the group behind us at the tee.  I also see a guy in the follow-through position as though he had just hit a ball!

I quickly ducked back into the cart and hear a loud BANG on the roof of the cart.

I was furious!  I yelled out, "What the fun?!" (didn't use the word fun, mind you) and threw my hands in the air.  The guys at the tee just looked at me and shrugged their shoulders.  That made me even more furious!

And then my friend Gabe says to me, "Dude, I think that a pine cone fell on our cart..."  

Talk about embarrassed... the pine cone fell off to his side of the cart and I never saw it.  I've never felt like more of an idiot than having to apologize to people for thinking that they hit into us.  Hahaha.

[Craglyboy]

yoshiod9, on 01 February 2013 - 05:35 PM, said:

This past weekend a good friend and I were playing a round back home (he's a beginning golfer).  We both hit fairly decent drives, distance-wise, on a 429 yard  par 4 but I was stuck under a tall pine tree.  As we are waiting for the green to clear, I looked back at the tee box and see the group behind us at the tee.  I also see a guy in the follow-through position as though he had just hit a ball!

I quickly ducked back into the cart and hear a loud BANG on the roof of the cart.

I was furious!  I yelled out, "What the fun?!" (didn't use the word fun, mind you) and threw my hands in the air.  The guys at the tee just looked at me and shrugged their shoulders.  That made me even more furious!

And then my friend Gabe says to me, "Dude, I think that a pine cone fell on our cart..."  

Talk about embarrassed... the pine cone fell off to his side of the cart and I never saw it.  I've never felt like more of an idiot than having to apologize to people for thinking that they hit into us.  Hahaha.

Brilliant haha seems like something I would do, go mental one time and turn out to be completely in the wrong haha

[sobo]

Yikes, I'm sure that hurt.  I've been hit a few times and nothing seriously to add, but nothing hurt more than when I got hit in the arch of my foot.  That thing hurt for days.