[Vendome]

LOL

I thought he was blaming his 3 wood...

[mylife]

what prize? buying the drinks?

[Glad2bnuts]

Dirtbags. I had a similar thing happen to me at a Hole in One event for charity. The prize was 4 tires for a hole in one. Another fellow got a hole in one, and they ended up splitting up the prize. I got 2 tires as did he...at least I assume. I gave them away. Who puts tires on two wheels at a time? Only those who are in dire need, or needs studded tires BITD.

[ADSUM]

Looks like the country club and the Ford dealership will pay the price of the truck plus legal fees, etc.

[GreenHornet]

As per Golf Digest: “Against all odds, Clagett went out and aced the 10th hole. According to reports, it was a good, clean ace. It didn’t happen on a provisional. It didn’t happen out of turn. A letter-of-the-law ‘one.’ When Clagett went to claim his new ride after round, however, Morrilton Country Club wouldn’t turn over the keys.”

Jay Hodge Ford said in a prepared statement that the dealership was unable to fulfill the club’s request to provide the truck as a prize because they were not given adequate lead time to provide insurance for the vehicles

As far as I can tell, no one is claiming that Mr. Clagett did not legitimately make a hole in one. The country club aggressively promoted the truck as the prize for a hole in one on that particular day. The golfers had no reason to believe otherwise. The club and the Ford dealer should make good on this and award Mr. Chagett the truck.

[9422WMR]

Was it the 9 iron or the sand wedge?

[dirtymac]

My golf clubs do that to me on every par three..It’s not my swing it is the golf club

[Crusher138]

Morrilton Country Club will be buying him that truck.

[max americana]

“because they were not given adequate lead time to provide insurance for the vehicle, KATV reported.”

bull obama. Anyone can afford insurance for a damn pick-up truck. This stealership is hilarious and lying to the teeth. They thought the odds of someone getting a hole in one was close to impossible.

It’s like what Sports Central in canada explained when the M’s beat the Blue Jays with a 7 RUN LEAD. 99% of the time the team leading would win, but what about the 1% ??

[G Larry]

The notion that the dealership provided the truck "only for display purposes" is nonsense.

If they didn't have the "insurance" don't provide the truck!

Some con at the dealership took the gamble that he could get the free advertising without paying the insurance premium.

[Reno89519]

Too bad for them, pay up, plus all attorney fees

[Bernard]

My money is on the dealership deliberately not buying the insurance because somebody thought they could save a few bucks. Not all people working at or running a dealership are sleazy or stupid enough to do this. Just the ones who make headlines like this happen.