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Pro Sports and Personal Disabilities |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / EYE ON THE HIGH COURT |
| Author: David C. Slade |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2001 |
| Size: 787 Words, 4,788 Characters |
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The PGA Tour is by design the most difficult and challenging golf tournament in the world. For this "Mount Everest of golf," the rough beyond the fairways is grown longer than normal, the pins are placed in the most difficult positions on the putting greens, and the tee-offs are moved back to maximize the distance on each hole.
On top of this, the "walk the course" rule requires competitors to walk 20 to 25 miles, in heat, cold, rain, wind, and over hilly terrain, during the four-day, 72-hole tournament. This walking fatigue is designed to be part of the overall physical challenge that ...
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... a federal court to order that a professional athlete be allowed to compete without adhering to the full set of substantive rules applicable to all competitors."
Although the facts of this fascinating case involve the ADA's application to professional golf, clearly all professional sports have a big stake in the outcome. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments this month.
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