Hole-in-one prize winner sues after country club withdraws prize
![Austin Clagett poses with his hole-in-one ball and what he thought would be his prize. (Faulkner County Circuit Clerk Records)](https://images.foxtv.com/static.fox5ny.com/www.fox5ny.com/content/uploads/2022/10/764/432/Hole-in-One.jpg?ve=1&tl=1)
Austin Clagett poses with his hole-in-one ball and what he thought would be his prize. (Faulkner County Circuit Clerk Records)
An Arkansas golf club is being sued over not awarding a prize of a new pick-up truck that was offered if a competitor hit a hole-in-one on the 10th tee.
Austin Clagett sunk a hole-in-one at the Morrilton Country Club. And expected to get the keys to a Ford F-150 courtesy a local dealership.
Little did he know, the hole-in-one would launch a legal battle.
The car wasn’t awarded to him after all, and he filed a lawsuit against the country club and the dealership.
"When it was Austin Clagett’s turn to try to get a hole-in-one, Austin Clagett hit the ball and it went in the hole on the first attempt," a news release from the law firm of Denton & Zachary said, via KATV. "Afterward, Morrilton Country Club and Jay Hodge Ford of Morrilton refused to give Austin Clagett the keys or transfer him the title to the 2022 Ford F-150 4x4 Supercrew."
Jay Hodge Ford said the management at the golf course wanted to provide the truck as a prize the dealership was unable to fulfill the request due to the lead time required to provide insurance for a Hole In One Vehicle. The dealership said that was clearly communicated to the club and it agreed that the dealership would provide a new truck for display/advertising purposes only.
In a Facebook post the dealership said, "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."
The lawsuit seeks damages valued at the truck’s sticker price — about $53,000 — as well as the cost in legal fees.
The country club has not responded to requests for comment.
![The dealership said, "Without our knowledge, Morrilton Country Club promoted that this new truck would be available as a winning prize at the event."](https://images.foxtv.com/static.fox5ny.com/www.fox5ny.com/content/uploads/2022/10/932/524/PICK-UP-PRIZE.jpg?ve=1&tl=1)
The dealership said, "Without our knowledge, Morrilton Country Club promoted that this new truck would be available as a winning prize at the event."