Former high school golfer Andrew Vold still hasn't received his $5k.
If you’re running a golf tournament and you have a hole-in-one contest, buy the damn insurance. If the last story didn’t convince you, hopefully this one will.
Former high school golfer Andrew Vold decided to play in a tournament in May. Unknown to Andrew, playing the tournament apparently forfeited his high school eligibility (I’m still scratching my head on that one). But the loss of eligibility was offset by the fact that he paid $10 for a shot at a $5k hole in one and made it.
However the joy was short lived, because here we are 4 months later and the tournament is refusing to pay out. Nobody can figure out who underwrote the hole-in-one insurance (aka the promoter thought he could save a few bucks by not buying it ) and now he’s ducking everybody’s phone calls. It really blows my mind that anybody running a tournament with a hole-in-one prize these days doesn’t buy insurance. Surely the savings of a couple hundred bucks is offset by the mess of a situation that is created when somebody actually makes the shot.
Hopefully, somebody with some legal knowledge in this area will step up and help Andrew get the $5k he’s owed.
TwinCities.com
As part of the hoopla surrounding the US Open last week, Red Bull created a man made 106-yard golf hole in the middle of the Georgetown Waterfront.
They brought in Red Bull athlete Rickie Fowler to give it a go. Fowler had to hit a blind shot from an elevated tee box, between buildings, over a fountain, and into an island green placed in another fountain. It took him a few tries, but on his 3rd attempt, he dunked it.
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A note to golf tournament organizers: If you’re going to offer a car as a hole-in-one prize, buy the damn insurance. There are companies that specialize in this. It’s not very expensive (probably $500 depending on the car) and will save you a lot of money in the long run.
If you ignore this advice, you will probably find yourself in the middle of a lawsuit like the Southern Pines Elks Lodge and Pinehurst Nissan. Long story short, Pinehurst resident Paul Verdecchia made a hole-in-one earlier this summer during the Elks Lodge annual tournament at Southern Pines Golf and Country Club. He thought he had won a car, but apparently nobody had bought hole-in-one insurance and Pinehurst Nissan backed out of an (alleged) agreement to provide a free car to anybody that aced the 172 yard 14th hole.
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