Disabled Golfer Wins Right to Use Golf Cart in Tournaments
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- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Medicine, Health, Law, Legal History, Courts, Sports
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Disabilities, Handicapped People, Discrimination, Prejudice
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present
- Geographical Location: Oregon
- Date: February 11, 1998
Article abstract: Golfer Casey Martin, disabled with Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome, successfully sued the Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour to use a golf cart in tournament play.
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Casey Martin began playing golf when he was six years old at his home in Oregon. He became good enough to be offered a golf scholarship to play, as a teammate of Tiger Woods, on the Stanford University golf team. After completing school, Martin decided on a professional golf career.
Unlike most golfers, Martin has Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome, a...
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