If an individual intentionally aims a golf club at another but misses, can they still be liable for battery if an unexpected injury occurs?

An individual can be held liable for battery even if they do not hit their intended target, as long as they demonstrate the required intent. In tort law, the doctrine of transferred intent allows for the intention to cause harm or offense to one party to be transferred to another party who suffers the unintended injury. In this scenario, even though the golfer aimed the club at one person and missed, if the action of swinging the club was deliberate and resulted in an unexpected injury to someone else, then the intent behind the swing can be applied to the person who was injured. Thus, liability for battery can indeed arise from this situation due to the principles of transferred intent, making the answer correct.

This reasoning relies on the understanding that battery is established not by the actual outcome of the act but by the intent to make contact and the resulting harmful or offensive consequence.