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November 8th, 2008 at 5:36 pm

Freak shot lands caddy in hospital and golfer in court!

Talk about an embarrassing day at the golf course! A South Korean golfer, identified only as Jung by the Country’s Supreme Court, was fined 2 million Won ($1,400) for a golfing incident that took place at a golf club in Gunsan Province two years ago.

So how did Jung the golfer end up in court? Well, according to reports Jung wound up for a huge swing at the third hold, but when his left foot slipped, the ball rocketed off in the wrong direction and hit his caddy in the stomach. Oddly enough his caddy was standing 8 meters behind him!

The caddy was injured badly enough that he needed seven weeks of hospital treatment!

The Supreme Court recognized lower courts’ ruling that Jung had violated the duty of due care to prevent injury to others while playing a sport.

“In events such as boxing or judo, injury to the opponent is to be expected so there is that mitigating circumstance,” the court said.

“But in golf, it is unreasonable to expect a caddy should anticipate injury to him or herself.”







September 22nd, 2008 at 12:02 am

Diswashing disput results in woman facing assault charges

A 20 year old woman is now facing charges of aggravated assault after she allegedly bit her boyfriend, broke a picture frame across his face and swung at him with a sword (who has a sword in their home???) during an argument about …. him not doing the dishes!

The woman’s 21 year old boyfriend told police that he became involved in the argument when the woman complained that the dishes were not clean. The woman apparently told the man to leave the apartment but he refused.

When he wouldn’t leave the woman tried to physically make the man leave. During the struggle the woman bit the man’s right shoulder and broke a picture frame across his face.

After that she grabbed a 2 foot sword and swung it at him. Luckily it missed!

The woman’s been released from a Mansfield jail after a $10,000 bond was posted.

The couple had only lived together for four months … perhaps the man is lucky that this happened now so he knows who’s he’s involved with!