Wednesday, May 5. 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 5
PGA won't manage KSU course
The Associated Press
MANHATTAN — The PGA Tour has backed away from its plans to manage golfer Jim Colbert's new course, under construction near Kansas State University
Robert Krause, vice president for institutional advancement at Kansas State, said the PGA Tour would still allow Colbert Hills to operate as a Licensed PGA Tour Collegiate Course.
He said the change should affect neither the course's construction nor the quality of its operation. The PGA Tour had not committed any money to the project, so its pullout shouldn't have a financial
effect, Krause said in announcing the management change Monday.
Vern Kelly, president of the PGA Tour, said the move should not be seen as a blow to the prestige of Colbert Hills.
"I view it as a compliment that we were willing to do this just as a straight license," Kelly said. "As we became more comfortable with the folks at Kansas State and the nature of what's being built, it became less important for us to control the quality of the operation. We knew the quality was going to be there."
Kelly said the PGA Tour also had shelved its plans to create a series of collegiate courses, of which Colbert Hills would have been the first.
Kelly and Krause said the PGA Tour would continue to provide consulting services to Kansas State. Krause also said talks were in progress with a different management firm.
Colbert, a 1964 Kansas State alumnus and leading money-winner on the PGA Senior Tour in 1995 and 1996, is serving as a consultant with the course's governing board in the process of firming up details concerning the new management.
Colbert broke ground on the 300- acre, 18-hole course last June while in Manhattan for his induction into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.
The $8.5 million course is set to open in Spring 2000 on the northwestern edge of Manhattan. Colbert said his goal was to develop a golf complex where people could learn to play the game he loves, students could learn to manage the golf business, and environmental research could be conducted to improve the golf course industry.
The course will include a youth golf academy, living laboratory, Golf Course Superintendent Association of America-KSU educational program, driving range, clubhouse and a nine-hole, parthree training course that will be home to the Kansas State golf teams.
Golf tour wants disabled golfer off course
Casey Martin case reaches appellate court
The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. — PGA Tour lawyers tried to overturn Casey Martin's golf cart ruling yesterday, saying the decision allowing the disabled pro to ride is as fundamental a change to the game as taking the dribble out of basketball.
"The walking rule is a substantial rule, expressly designed to inject stress and fatigue, and impact the outcome of the game," PGA Tour attorney Andrew Hurwitz told a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. "In an elite athletic competition, certain rules must apply equally to everyone."
Hurwitz added that walking in golfing "determines how players must go from shot to shot, just as the dribbling rule determines how basketball players must go down the court."
Martin, who has a circulatory disorder in his right leg that makes it painful for him to walk long distances, won the last year to ride on
tour according to the Americans with Disabilities Act, which bars discrimination against the disabled in the workplace, public accommodations and services.
Martin's attorney contended that the PGA, whether it liked it or not, was subject to the ADA, and he scoffed at the suggestion that walking was a necessary part of playing golf.
"Casey Martin doesn't want to be judged by a lesser skill level than anyone else in competition, but just don't come up with this walking rule, which was born out of tradition," attorney Roy Reardon said.
Reardon maintained that riding over the course gave Martin no advantage.
"Stress is what causes golfers to wear down, not walking up and down hills," he told the panel. "They're not doing that at any speed. Stress is the mental stress, the same kind of mental stress Casey Martin suffers."
Martin limped into court early sporting a suntan and a navy blazer and sat quietly, flanked by his brother and his father.
The San Francisco-based appeals court was not corrupted to make for months.
the cart threatens the essence of the centuries-old sport by giving an unfair advantage to one golfer, reasoning which Martin rejected.
"It makes it easier for them, so they don't have to go through this every time someone with a physical problem needs an accommodation." he said.
If Martin has had an advantage, it hasn't been reflected on the golf course.
Since the ruling, Martin's game has waned. After a top-10 finish four weeks ago, he has missed the cut in his last three tournaments.
The PGA's appeal is based on the argument that
In January, Martin missed the cut at the Nike Lakeland Classic, an event he won in 1998, and finished 14th in his next tournament. After missing yet another cut, he took a month off and returned in March.
His latest success was a seventh-place tie good for $11,250 at the Nike Louisiana Open, but he followed that up with three missed cuts, culminating in last week's cut at the Nike Upstate Classic in Greenville, S.C.
Still, the 26-year-old pro said he had a lot of golf left to play.
"I feel I'm playing well," he said as he left court. "My leg hasn't been great, but I'm still able to play."
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