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February 11, 2016

Court throws out caddie lawsuit against PGA Tour

  • The lawsuit began with 81 caddies and had grown to 168 caddies.
    • By DOUG FERGUSON
    AP Golf Writer

    PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Caddies lost their class-action lawsuit against the PGA Tour when a federal judge in California ruled they signed a contract with the tour that requires them to wear bibs as part of their uniform and cannot claim that corporate sponsorship on the bibs makes them human billboards.

    U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria dismissed the lawsuit Tuesday night without prejudice, which typically means it cannot be refiled.


     
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