The McKusick Law Library is celebrating National Golf Month by displaying resources from our collection and the internet involving the intersection of golf and the law. Robert J. Robertson's book, Fair Ways, chronicles the story of six African-American golfers who sued the city of Beaumont, Texas in federal court and won the right to play the Tyrrell Park Municipal Golf Course. John H. Minan's book, The Little Green Book of Golf Law, from the American Bar Association's "Little Books" series, includes discussions of 19 golf cases that track the 18 holes of a round of golf plus the 19th Clubhouse Hole. ESPN.com's article from August 2012, entitled "Augusta adds first woman members," reported that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore became the first women members of the Augusta National Golf Club.
The display also includes Harms v. Northland Ford Dealers, 1999 SD 143, 602 N.W.2d 58, the case in which the South Dakota Supreme Court held that a unilateral contract existed between the sponsor of a "hole-in-one" contest and golfer Jennifer Harms. The Court reasoned that when Ms. Harms accepted Northland Ford's offer to participate in the contest by her performance, an enforceable contract was created and Northland Ford had a contractual duty to award the prize, a new Ford Explorer, to Ms. Harms. Also on display is the American Law Report (ALR) annotation entitled "Liability for Injury Incurred in Operation of Power Golf Cart." Like all ALR annotations, this article collects summaries of cases from all jurisdictions on a narrow issue of law and thus provides an overview of law on a particular topic.
(This entry was originally written and posted by Marsha Stacey)
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