Club shaft embedded in golfer’s head after holiday taxi crash in Spain

An Irish golfer holidaying in Spain had the shaft of a golf club embedded in the back of his head when a Spanish taxi went out of control and somersaulted into a ravine, the Circuit Civil Court was told yesterday.

Shane English, counsel for amateur golfer John Moroney, Drumin, Dunleer, Co Louth, told Mr Justice Raymond Groarke, that two other Co Louth golfers were also injured in the crash minutes after the trio had left La Manga Golf Club.

Mr Moroney said that in September 2010, he and friends Michael Lynch and Mark Lawless had just finished a round of golf at La Manga and hired a taxi to take them to their hotel.