Golf Related Head Injuries in Children: The Little Tigers

Head injury is a major cause of morbidity in Western society and sport related incidents account for approximately 11% of all head injured patients attending Accident and Emergency Departments. ¹ Golf was shown to be one of the sports most commonly associated with head injury requiring referral to a regional neurosurgical centre.² Previous studies have demonstrated that it is predominantly children who sustain golf related head injuries which present either to an accident and emergency department³ or a regional neurosurgical centre.² This study examines the number and pattern of golf related head injuries in children presenting to an accident and emergency department or requiring admission to the regional neurosurgical centre, over a three month period.