Golfer sues Ford dealer and country club, saying they reneged on F-150 hole-in-one prize

Dealership claims the truck was never meant to be given away

CHRIS TEAGUE
Oct 19th 2022 at 12:19PM

It’s not uncommon to see charity golf tournaments where a vehicle from a local car dealership is up for grabs as a prize, usually for making a hole-in-one. Well, an Arkansas Ford dealership and country club are facing a lawsuit over allegations they withheld just such a prize — a brand-new 2022 Ford F-150.

As reported by the Kansas City Star and spotted by The Drive, the 4x4 SuperCrew, worth $53,595, was offered by Jay Hodge Ford in Morrilton, Arkansas, about 55 miles northwest of Little Rock. Morrilton Country Club promoted a weekend golf tournament using photos of the truck, claiming it was a prize for a hole-in-one on hole No. 10: “Hole-in-one on #10 gets you the keys to this F-150,” the country club said on Facebook. “Thanks to Jay Hodge Ford of Morrilton!”

At the tournament on Oct. 8, sure enough, golfer Austin Clagett hit that hole-in-one. But the dealership and the country club denied Clagett his truck, and the dealership posted its reply to Facebook, claiming that the club had gone rogue with the promotion. Part of its post read, “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.”

Facebook commenters are having none of this excuse, and many rightly point out that the dealership liked and was tagged in the club’s posts saying the truck would be a prize.

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