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Inside Edition: Top Golf Investigation
Inside Edition investigated injuries at TopGolf, including how inexperienced swings, alcohol, and venue design can turn a recreational setting into a serious risk.
Video Summary
Inside Edition investigated how TopGolf's mix of entertainment, alcohol, inexperienced golfers, elevated tee boxes, and party behavior can lead to serious injuries. The segment shows guests falling from bays, clubs flying into bystanders, and lawsuits from injured visitors, while Marc Lenahan explains why he believes stronger safety measures are needed at these venues.
Video Transcript
you can hit golf balls while having drinks and snacks. And while it could be a lot of fun sometimes the combination of inexperienced golfers in the party atmosphere and result in serious accidents you've never seen golf played like this. They call it TopGolf. It's a hip and high tech driving range enjoyed by millions of customers at 56 locations across the globe. Liquor is served in the swanky lounges and right where you tee off. But our investigation has found that the partying can sometimes get out of control. Videos of shenanigans at top called Venues, are posted all over the West. This'll knucklehead goes streaking down the range and watches this dude chug vodka and then lets go of his driver. Oh my God, no. All those flying clubs can be dangerous. This'll woman loses or grab. There goes. The club thought this guy was just watching when he took a direct blow to the head. Some goofballs can barely stand and fall down swinging. Although TopGolf has warning signs posted, many golfers end up falling off the tee box. Fortunately, there's a safety net. It happens again and again and again. Some are even pushed off by their buddies. This'll Guy almost slips through. He holds on for dear life till he's rescued. Others aren't so lucky. Several golfers have sued TopGolf after getting seriously hurt. We get phone calls from all over the country, people getting hurt at TopGolf, Dallas attorney Marc Lenahan shared photos of customers he says were injured at TopGolf. We've seen three people will lose an eye. One person fallen to get paralyzed and one person said, their face crushed by a golf club that was flying, 29 year old Cooper Brown was enjoying himself at a TopGolf facility in Dallas when a drunken golfer center ball flying into his right eye in his hand, Brown holds the prosthetic guy he now wears pulled my hand away. The second I covered in acquitted away and there was just blood. It went from confusion, thio, shock and pain. We also found these Stones posted on social media. The Happy Gilmore move next to tee off Happy Gilmore. Adam Sandler made the move popular, and his hit comedy Happy Gilmore, where he charges up and takes giant swings. Justin Timberlake even did it. It's against the rules at top goal, but some customers can't seem to resist. Whoa, when you combine inexperienced golfers and alcohol, you're going to have people losing their clubs, missing the balls, hitting each other, hitting themselves and sending people to emerge. You're in addition to the warning signs. Waiters atop Gulf are instructed to provide safety briefings before customers can t off TopGolf declined to comment on a report they directed us to the safety rules on their website next.
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