Comments on: “Golfer Gored by Gator Sues Course Over Pond Design” https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/02/golfer-gored-by-gator-sues-course-over-pond-design/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:19:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: DensityDuck https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/02/golfer-gored-by-gator-sues-course-over-pond-design/comment-page-1/#comment-114660 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:19:17 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=21283#comment-114660 A golf course is an excellent place to be run down and eaten by a Bengal Tiger. I DEMAND TO KNOW what precautions the course is taking to ensure that the threat of tigers is minimized. If I feel that these precautions are inadequate then I will sue due to the course’s flagrant disregard for my safety and the safety of my fellow players.

]]> By: Mannie https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/02/golfer-gored-by-gator-sues-course-over-pond-design/comment-page-1/#comment-114659 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:19:05 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=21283#comment-114659

Look on the bright side: it cured his slice.

But now he has a hook.

]]> By: Bill H https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/02/golfer-gored-by-gator-sues-course-over-pond-design/comment-page-1/#comment-114639 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:53:53 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=21283#comment-114639 Seems to me that the phrase ‘water hazard’ is not to be taken lightly there. Question: did the clothing designer Izod Lacoste design that course?

]]> By: Bumper https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/02/golfer-gored-by-gator-sues-course-over-pond-design/comment-page-1/#comment-114638 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:49:58 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=21283#comment-114638 In all probability the alligator had migrated South after having spent its misguided youth in the sewers of New York. So clearly the one to sue is Mayor Bloomberg for failing to rehabilitate the wayward reptile, plus he has more money than God.

]]> By: Mike https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/02/golfer-gored-by-gator-sues-course-over-pond-design/comment-page-1/#comment-114622 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:39:23 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=21283#comment-114622 What he should do is get himself a wooden hand, find a young hotheaded hockey player to coach to the pro tour, while searching for the gator and planning his revenge.

]]> By: Leafs https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/02/golfer-gored-by-gator-sues-course-over-pond-design/comment-page-1/#comment-114619 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:06:15 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=21283#comment-114619 About 20 years ago, my dad crapped his pants when he was trying to fish his ball out of a water hazard. The gator leapt up and snapped his jaws scaring the crap out of my dad. He never tried to fetch another ball out of the water after that.

It lead me to wonder if sometimes gators scare the daylights out of golfers for entertainment…

]]> By: Farside https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/02/golfer-gored-by-gator-sues-course-over-pond-design/comment-page-1/#comment-114613 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:37:06 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=21283#comment-114613 There’s also a one arm penalty if you try to retrieve your ball from the alligator pond hazard.

]]> By: CTrees https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/02/golfer-gored-by-gator-sues-course-over-pond-design/comment-page-1/#comment-114610 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:24:52 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=21283#comment-114610 There’s a two stroke penalty for hitting into the alligator hazard.

]]> By: Bob Lipton https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/02/golfer-gored-by-gator-sues-course-over-pond-design/comment-page-1/#comment-114603 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:32:30 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=21283#comment-114603 Look on the bright side: it cured his slice.

Bob

]]> By: Smart Dude https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/02/golfer-gored-by-gator-sues-course-over-pond-design/comment-page-1/#comment-114584 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 06:05:40 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=21283#comment-114584 Luckily the Darwin Award golfer missed the design flaw electocution hazard by not playing in the midst of a South Carolina lightening storm.

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