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May 16, 2012

Felony charges filed after $18K golf prize goes missing

  • Montana authorities said hole-in-won.com has failed to pay in other cases around the country.
    • By MATT GOURAS
    Associated Press

    HELENA, Mont. — Troy Peissig's surprise at acing an $18,000 hole-in-one contest at a charity tournament has been replaced by bitter disappointment now that he hasn't been paid a dime nearly two years after making the 170-yard shot.

    Now state authorities are intervening, and issued an arrest warrant last week against the operator of an insurance company they say failed to pay up on a policy purchased by the Missoula tournament.


     
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