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

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https://www.autoblog.com/2022/10/19/golfer-sues-ford-dealer-country-club-f150-truck-hole-in-one-prize/

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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[Tetrachloride]

1. I will contend that a "Facebook like" is insufficient knowledge. A crosspost would be another story

if there exists a crosspost by the auto dealership.

The golf course will pay up.

my 2 cents.

[Tanuki]

2. It still seems like the dealership knew.

"Norwood also shared a video of a country club employee calling the Ford dealer after the hole-in-one. A person at the store responded, “Oh, don’t tell me,” and the country club employee answered, “Unfortunately, it happened.” (from the article linked in the OP)

[Tetrachloride]

6. Sounds good to me.

( sorry a little sleepy. can’t write a logical paragraph)

[gibraltar72]

3. Ford is highly pissed at its' dealers right now.

My prediction is Ford will suggest that dealer pay up. When I say suggest. I mean nice little dealership you have there. Be a shame if something happened to it.

[KPN]

4. False advertising. Years ago in Boston, sometime in the mid to late sixties I believe,

a car dealership advertised a new vehicle on the lot for just x,000 “bananas” (somewhere btwn 3 and 7000 my memory tells me) on its sign board. A lady had a truck load of bananas delivered to the dealership and demanded the car. The dealership refused of course and the woman took them to court. She won! I was so impressed I can still see the photos of both the signboard and the truckload of bananas in the paper as I delivered it on my paper-route that day.

I’m guessing Austin Clagett has himself a new F150, either from the dealership or the golf course, or maybe 50-50 both.

[lapfog_1]

7. contract law... offer and acceptance

oh well

[KPN]

10. Ah. Makes sense. I've been watching for an opportunity like

that mused ever since.

[Scottie Mom]

5. It's a unilateral contract. IMO, the golfer gets the truck.

Usually contracts are seen as agreements between two parties. However, there are unilateral contracts, such as an offer made to the public for a certain performance which renders a benefit. Most people are familiar with posters for a missing pet offering a reward for the person who finds and returns the pet to the owner. That is a unilateral contract and it is formed when the pet finder takes the pet to the owner -- the reward is due to the finder.

IMO, the CC and the dealership made an offer to the public, for certain performance, and if the performance was done, a certain benefit would be received. Conclusion: The golfer gets the truck.

[Tanuki]

8. I'm surprised they didn't try to get by with just giving him a set of keys and not the actual truck,

"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!”

[SWBTATTReg]

9. If I recall, tRUMP had such a thing at one of his golf courses and of course, a hole-in-one

was hit, and the golfer had to fight the tRUMP golf course to pay them their prize. He ended up settling and didn't really get the full prize as stated, ended up donating the proceeds to charity.

Everything djt touches is ruined. Everything djt claims that he'll do, is a lie. djt is a joke.

[Mopar151]

11. Hole in one insurance

Is how this worked when I was a Mr. Goodwrench. Auto dealer trade magazines had multiple vendors.... I also recall one of the big players in this market stiffed a bunch of winners.
Sounds like a couple salesmen blowing smoke over cocktails - who missed it by thatmuch..