Suit to Make Insurers Pay for Hole-in-One Contest Lands in Rough

Insurers who underwrote a policy for a hole-in-one contest at a golf tournament aren’t liable for the two aces shot by contestants, an unpublished opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit said Dec. 20.

The policy stipulated that the hole had to be at least 170 yards away from the tee, but the holes-in-one were made on a 137-yard hole.

Under the plain terms of the contract, the the insurers aren’t liable for the approximately $200,000 the sponsor paid to the winners, the per curiam opinion said.

The sponsor also failed to show it had a ...