Not the usual golfing story

In Cornwall, I popped next door to talk to my brother-in-law. His house guests had unexpected visitors from London and they were chatting about a pub in Devon recommended by someone called R____. I asked "R____ who?" and of course it turned out that we both know her. I recalled an incident some 25 years earlier when R____'s son, then eight, was accidentally hit on the head by another child practicing his golf swing. After what seemed a long pause, the visiting couple explained that it was their son who had inadvertently clubbed R____'s boy and told us about the terrible night they spent not knowing if A_______ would survive. Luckily there was an entirely happy outcome. I was then able to add "The neurosurgeon who led the team that saved A______'s life is staying with mutual friends down here and is coming to supper with us tonight!"