hitting someone with a golf ball

I currently work at a nice private golf course. I work Outside Services. A couple weeks ago I accidentally hit a member of the club with a golf ball. This was not hitting him with a golf club but I threw a golf ball from about 200 feet away and it accidentally hit the member in the leg. I was throwing a range ball back down to the range and it went too far. Am I liable for this? Besides me possibly losing my job, can he sue me or am I liable for anything. At the time that I hit him he was totally fine and laughing and now a couple weeks later he is saying I chipped his tailbone and that he wants to withdraw his membership. Please advise.

Thank you

[randalljd]

[I threw a golf ball from about 200 feet away ]

What was occurring--how did that happen?

You are liable if negligent but normally not if it was a pure accident when you were doing things that are customarily done in that environment.

[lynx123123]

Golf is assuredly a mystifying game. It would seem that if a person has hit a golf ball correctly a thousand times, he should be able to duplicate the performance at will. But this is certainly not the case.

Someone being hit by a golf ball is not a golfers fault.

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