Hosel rockets: When sport becomes tort | Michael Cochrane

By Michael Cochrane ( February 27, 2025, 11:24 AM EST) -- The United Kingdom’s St. Augustine’s Links describes itself as Kent’s most welcoming golf course. I’m not sure Mr. Castle felt that way as he drove his taxi alongside the 13th hole in 1922, especially when an errant golf ball smashed through his windshield, blinding him in one eye. Was the ball one of the then popular $12 a dozen “C” Colonel’s advertised as “leaves the club with a click and a delightful feeling”? We know not. What we do know is that, while the course felt bad, they explained those types of errant shots happened all the time, especially — ahem — on the 13th hole. Castle sued....