A golf-mad father in northern England who wanted his sons to become the next Tiger Woods was given a suspended jail sentence for beating them when they fluffed their shots.
Burnley Crown Court on Wednesday was told the father was obsessed with the idea that his sons, aged 6 and 8, would become professional golfers.
As well as biting and pinching them, the 33-year-old Burnley man, who could not be identified for legal reasons, also hit them with golf clubs and threw balls at them, the Lancashire Telegraph reported.
The man was arrested in June last year after the youngest boy attended school with a mark on his face and the teacher asked him what happened.
Police said when they spoke to the boys, they referred to golf as their job.
"We are going to be championship golfers when we get older," the six year old said.
The defendant admitted to two counts of assault causing actual bodily harm and one of common assault and was sentenced to one year in jail, suspended for two years, with 12 months supervision.
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