Pro Golf Caddies’ “Bib Claims” Against PGA Scored A Triple Bogey

According to an ESPN analyst, the PGA Tour “treats its caddies like outside dogs.”  In apparent sympathy with the caddies’ plight, Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California cited that statement in his recent opinion involving the caddies’ bibs.  Nevertheless, the Court dismissed with prejudice the caddies’ class action complaint that alleged that the Tour’s practice of requiring that they wear bibs displaying corporate logos without compensation violated California law.  Hicks v. PGA Tour, Inc., Case No. 15-CV-00489-VC (N.D. Cal. Feb. 9, 2016).

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