Crystal Timpanaro, who was watching her boyfriend play golf in Summer 2006, is suing the Owl's Creek Golf Course for $1 million. The lawsuit claims that the poor design of holes 16 and 17 were responsible for her being felled by an errant golf ball; it also claims that Owl's Creek should have warned golf spectators about the hazards of the sport.

Sadly for Timpanaro, the direct hit to her left temple and eye left her seriously injured but, come on, every adult knows that playing golf entails hitting hard little balls into the air and that, sometimes, hard little balls don't go where they're supposed to!

Timpanaro's lawyer, Haig Kalbian, says, "There's a defect in the way the course is laid out and maintained. But for that, she may not have been hit by an errant golf ball."

Personally, I think the course's main defect is that they allow entrance to idiots like Timpanaro; the only design fault around here is the one in Timpanaro's brain!

Seemingly, Timpanaro is not the only idiot around - according to some reports, injuries and property damage from errant golf balls have prompted lawsuits across the country.

Back to Timpanaro herself - perhaps she should find a boyfriend who doesn't play with his hard little balls.

Hamptonroads.com