Spectator loses action for being hit on head with golf ball at tournament

The 65-year-old father of three now faces a substantial legal costs bill from the action.

Colm Campbell had sued the golfer Kevin Le Blanc who was at the time a top amateur golfer who later turned professional for a number of years as well as County Sligo Golf Club and the organisers of the competition, The Golfing Union of Ireland. File photo

A spectator at a golf tournament who sued after he was hit on the head by a golf ball and knocked unconscious has lost his High Court action.

Colm Campbell had claimed he is in constant pain and his life has totally changed after he was struck on the left side of his forehead during the West of Ireland Championship for amateur golfers held at County Sligo Golf Club at Rosses Point, Sligo, five years ago.