Golfer who hit hole-in-one sues club after it wouldn't give him prize

An man is suing a country club after he hit a hole-in-one at a golf tournament and was not given the 2022 Ford truck he was promised as a prize. 

Austin Clagett competed in what was advertised as the ‘Tournament of the Century’ at Morrilton Country Club in hope of winning the 2022 Ford F-150 4×4 Supercrew, valued at $53,395.

However, according to the civil suit for breach of contract filed in Faulkner County, after Clagett hit the ace on the 10th hole, the club refused to give it over, citing insurance reasons. 

Andrew Norwood of Denton & Zachary, Clagett’s attorney, spoke to DailyMail.com and called the entire situation ‘very fishy.’ 

Norwood said: ‘The main thing we figured out since filing suit is there appears there’s no insurance.I don’t care if there is or not. Mr. Clagett did not make a deal with an insurance company. He made a deal with the country club.’

He says that Jay Hodge Ford of Morrilton claims that they were unaware of the promotion, but claims they were tagged in a now-deleted Facebook post by the country club regarding the giveaway and even ‘liked’ the post. 

Norwood says he ‘guarantees’ that the club simply didn’t think anyone would be able to accomplish the hole-in-one. 

‘I’m 36, I’ve played golf my entire life, I’ve never hit a hole-in-one.My client’s played his entire life, it’s his first hole-in-one.’ 

The attorney adds that Clagett specifically played in this tournament to attempt to win the truck, claiming it was promoted in several Facebook groups for golfers.The manager of the club, Norwood says, even told him to come play when he called about the promotion at a rate of $375-per-team. 

He provided us with a Facebook post with the following message: ‘Need a good excuse to play in the Century Tournament on October 8th and 9th?Here is a big red reason to! Our local dealership Jay Hodge Ford has given us a truck to give away to the first person who makes a hole in one on the designated giveaway hole.’ 

Norwood describes Clagett, who is a sales representative for MSE Distributing per his LinkedIn page, as a local kid and says that ‘a bad thing happened to a good kid.’ 

In a statement, 대형트럭매매 Norwood said that both Morrilton Country Club and Jay Hodge Ford ‘want to crawfish out of the deal.If they didn’t want to pay up when Mr. Clagett got a hole-in-one, they shouldn’t have offered the deal.’ 

Jay Hodge Ford, in a statement, claimed as Norwood said that they had no knowledge of the promotion and didn’t have the lead time capable of getting insurance for 중고트럭매매 the truck.  

‘Without our knowledge, Morrilton Country Club promoted that this new truck would be available as a winning prize at the event despite our agreement that it would be for display purposes only.Jay Hodge Ford of Morrilton would like to extend its sincerest apologies to the community for 대형중고화물차매매 this misunderstanding and we look forward to serving everyone in the future.’

The suit is seeking damages valued at the same price as the truck, as well as asking the defendants to cover attorneys’ fees and court costs.