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First, let us travel to America's finest country clubs and a courtroom in Eugene, Oregon. Casey Martin is a young professional golfer on the Nike Tour, the professional Golf Association's (PGA) equivalent of the minor leagues. Martin also has a rare circulatory disorder that makes it difficult for him to walk long distances. Now, that presents a problem, since tournament golf courses usually top 7,000 yards. Martin can play a round of golf, however, if he rides in a golf cart, a practice strictly prohibited by the PGA. Martin decided that the PGA needed to show...
...AWARDED. CASEY MARTIN, 25, disabled pro golfer; the right to use a golf cart during tourney play; in Eugene, Ore. Golfers argued that their strolls between holes made golf an endurance sport and that Martin's use of a cart, compensation for a circulatory disorder, was an unfair advantage. Martin is the first professional athlete to sue successfully under the Americans with Disabilities...
According to Kevin Casey from the HarvardOffice of the General Counsel, Harvard College isnot in danger of losing funds despite its policyprohibiting a Harvard-based ROTC program, since alocal program is available...
...Casey at the Cart An Oregon court gives Casey Martin the green light to use a cart on the tour. PGA officials are not amused, and will appeal...
...months, guys on golf talk shows have--in all seriousness--been asking, Yeah, but without walking between holes, where's the athleticism in the sport? That scary question is being posed by golf pro CASEY MARTIN, 25, who suffers from a blood disorder in his right leg so severe that excessive walking might shatter it. So last year, after the Professional Golf Association refused to allow him to use a golf cart, Martin sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act. An injunction allowed Martin to drive a cart in the year's first Nike Tour tournament, in Lakeland...