The way these normally work is that golf club and/or dealer buy an insurance policies to cover the cost of the vehicle if someone actually wins.
My guess is they went cheap and did not get the insurance.
Unless there evidence that the golfer did not meet the requirements to win and in fact got a hole in one the dealer or golf club will be forced to honor the “contract”.
Yup, lots of speculation on this one. My guess is that the CC owner had a casual conversation with the dealership owner involving a few beers and a few shots of bourbon. CC owner mentioned the conversation to the CC PR person who posted on Facebook. The CC owner may not have even known about the FB post. Next thing you know, you have a guy holding his hands out for some keys. Ouch, expensive lesson in authorization and communication.
Yeah, the article says the dealership didn’t have enough “lead time” to secure the insurance, and they have communications they can produce that show they informed the country club of that. And the country club went ahead with the promotion any way.
With the chip shortage, could it be the truck is not ready for transfer?
The dealer usually picks up the check for the insurance in exchange for advertising.
I am the Controller for a boat dealership. We sponsor a hole in one for a boat. We buy an insurance policy.
It’s really cheap insurance!
my first thought is they cheaped out - said “NO WAY anyone hits one” and are now choking on their words!