It is obviously on you to repair the damages you did to his house. He didn't throw the house out into the course in front of the green. Learn to golf properly or suffer the monetary consequences of your errant shots.[

Generally speaking, this is wrong. Onus is on the homeowner. It is on the golfer I'd intentional, like getting up to the tee and saying "watch me hit that window on the second floor of that house." But generally speaking, it is an assumed risk of the homeowner for living on a golf course.

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I would have driven by and flipped him the bird as I took a pull on my beer. Oh and he assumed the risk.

Why? I have an understanding that kids play sports in the streets (since I did as a kid). If one of those kids fires a baseball through my window, am I assuming the risk here as well?
I also drive on roads where I know the risk is I could get smoked by someone driving incorrectly. Do I assume the risk there and have no expectation of getting compensated if someone hits me?

The private course my parents belong to cover all damages done by their members to houses on the golf course FWIW.

I played three rounds on Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Last day on the back nine, elevated tee, proceeded to send one way way left, into the homes running along the fairway. I heard the noise, I knew I hit a house. I drive down the fairway, and there's the homeowner outside, visible agitated. He starts by screaming, letting me know he just bought the house this week, and he already had two people hit his house that day. I calmly said I will look into paying for damages, not knowing what it was. He claimed I broke a roof tile, one of the red Spanish tiles you see everywhere in CA.

I have no problem being accountable for my actions, but, wouldn't you think that if you bought a house on the fairway of a golf course, at approx 200 yards to 300 yards from the tee box, you might expect an errant ball or two. Who is legally responsible? I bet there is some fine print somewhere that says the golfer is responsible, but I would like to know. I really don' want to have to replace this guys roof, because I have no real idea of the damage. Plus if he was hit two times in the same day, he probably gets hit 5 times every day. I don' t want to pay for everyone's wild shots.