Posted on 10/14/2022 9:20:44 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Valued at $53,595, the truck was highlighted on social media by a country club in Morrilton, Arkansas, in the days that led to the weekend tournament. “Hole-in-one on #10 gets you the keys to this F-150,” the country club said in a Oct. 7 Facebook post. “Thanks to Jay Hodge Ford of Morrilton!”
Except the country club and car dealership refuse to hand him over the keys. Clagett is now filing suit against both, with his attorney stating he was cheated out of his prize.
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I'll golf occasionally with some friends on an informal basis. If I ever got a hole in one, it would be beginners luck and there would be no way for me to validate it except for the friends that saw me make it. It's not like I have TV cameras following me around on the golf course.
Hole in one insurance is standard for most golf tournaments. We used to buy it for our corporate tournament every year. The golf course managed it.
If these guys ran a tournament without it…they are fools.
Re: 59 - My brother has had two (one year, then the next year).
Funny thing though, he ended up buying drinks for quite a few people both times. It’s the event where you get to reward others! Haha!
His barber is Sweeny Todd..........................
I deleted my nextdoor account......way too many yankees here talking about how much better it is “ up north”.
Implied contract is for the entire truck, which any reasonable jury would award him.
The dealer usually picks up the check for the insurance in exchange for advertising.
Like I said.....they won’t be able to overcome the negative publicity of that.
Was playimng a round witht he Oklahoma State Champion once and there was a closet to the hole riding bet for par threes. I put a shot four inches from the hole, and the Oklahoma State Champion got a hole in one rfght behind me in the same foursome! That guiy was so accurate that we used to tell him he had to play fairway shots out of his own divots from previous rounds.
Just wait until all the club members get an assessment on their next dues invoice! "What the HELL is this assessment for 'truck'???"
From the article --> “While management at the golf course desired for our dealership to provide the truck as a prize for a hole-in-one on the course during the event, we were unable to fulfill this request due to the lead time required to provide insurance for a hole-in-one vehicle,” Jay Hodge Ford of Morrilton said.Now they are getting all the advertising for free they could possibly want. Of course, it's not the sort of publicity one would want.“This was clearly communicated to Morrilton Country Club management, and the club agreed that the dealership would provide a new truck for display/advertising purposes only.”
Sure enough, it snowed more than three inches on Jan. 11, 2020 and the customers were ecstatic that there purchase prices were going to be refunded.
Unfortunately, Clark's also had an insurance problem for their contest. They did not stipulate in very specific terms who measures the snowfall, where the measurement takes place, how the snow is measured, etc. Sure enough, three years ago, the local weather guy said there WAS enough snow at his measurement station to give customers their purchases for free. But the insurance company said "No, the US Weather Service in Spokane says not enough snow." The Spokane Airport weather station is 35 miles west of downtown Coeur d'Alene! Snowfall can, as everybody knows, vary widely over that distance.
The insurance company refused to pay the winners and the jeweler got a lot of bad publicity. In the end, the insurance company coughed up the dough. The insurance company also smeared the long-time local weather forecaster who helped the jewelry store pick the snow date and he threatened to sue them, too!
Moral of the story -- put LOTS of detail in your contracts and contest rules and buy your insurance early. (I used to write contracts for a living and boy did we ever fill them with details to cover all sorts of potential eventualities).
Too late, the lawyer has already put in “effort”. A truck for the golfer and now one for the lawyer.
There is a policy that is purchased for hole in one prizes.
99% of the time there is no risk for these prizes to anyone but the insurance company. If these idiots didn’t buy a policy it’s on them.
Fraud. Pure and simple.
Not available for breach of contract.
Yes, I suppose that makes sense.
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