Anand v. Kapoor

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs, and the certified question not answered upon the ground that it is unnecessary.

While playing golf with two friends at a nine-hole course in Suffolk County, defendant Anoop Kapoor “shanked” a shot, striking plaintiff Azad Anand in the left eye, with the errant ball. The accident occurred during play on the first hole. Kapoor’s second shot landed in the “rough.” Without waiting for Kapoor to retrieve his ball, Anand went to look for his on the fairway. Kapoor, meanwhile, found his ball and,…