Caddies

Caddies Appeal Dismissal of $50 Million Lawsuit Against PGA Tour

The Battle of the Bibs continues. Mike Hicks and 167 other professional caddies have appealed U.S. District Judge Vince Girdhari Chhabria’s decision to dismiss their $50 million class-action lawsuit against the PGA Tour. The caddies raised contract, antitrust and intellectual property claims against the Tour when they filed suit in February 2015, alleging that the Tour had reduced them to …


Caddies File Appeal in $50 Million Lawsuit Against PGA Tour

More than 168 professional golf caddies have filed an appeal seeking to overturn a ruling in February that dismissed a $50 million lawsuit against the PGA tour. The caddies alleged the PGA compelled them to wear corporate-sponsored logos on bibs without compensation. The filing claims that the PGA Tour officials threatened to prohibit caddies from participating in events if they didn’t wear the …