Golf and law : golf course safety, security and risk management / Michael J. Hurdzan ; edited by Ron Whitten.

"Golf courses are complex environments blending the manicured with the natural, hosting people with different levels of knowledge and experience and subjecting them to potentially unfamiliar hazards. Golf course safety, security and risk management is a process of minimizing those threats or reducin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hurdzan, Michael J., 1943- (Author)
Other Authors: Whitten, Ronald E. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Columbus, Ohio : Hurdzan Golf, LLC Publication, [2018]
Subjects:
Golf courses > Safety measures.
Golf courses > Security measures.
Turfgrasses industry > Risk management.
Turfgrasses industry > Security measures.
Premises liability > United States.
Premises liability.
Negligence.
Liability (Law)
Local Note:
MSU: Gift to James B Beard Turfgrass Library Collection.
Physical Description:xiv, 270 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • My involvement
  • Risk, risk management and liability
  • The special environment of the golf course
  • Golf and the American legal system
  • Sources of golf related accidents and potential negligence
  • My method for assessing contributory sources of an accident
  • Minimizing the potential of negligence lawsuits
  • Developing a safer golf course and operations
  • Infrastructure risks in golf course operations.