casey martin
Casey at the Bat Casey Martin, a 26 year old professional golfer, has finally realized that his disability has become too great. Casey Martin played his collegiate golf at Stanford University. ... There is no debate about whether or not Casey Martin has the game to play on the P. ... Casey Martin suffers from a disease called "Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome" and lives with the fear of eventually losing his leg if he continues to walk (Cullity 3). ... In other words, Casey will have a hard time walking golf courses day in and day out, and he wants to ride a golf cart while he competes in professional tournaments. ... Casey needs a golf cart to be able to play but everyone else will have to walk. Casey would be going against the tradition of the sport if he won his court order. ... Casey Martin, member of the Nike Tour, now called Buy. ... Bradley Klein, sports analyst for Golfweek, adds that event the best players to ever play the sport, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, spoke out against the Martin request to ride saying that it went against tradition (Klein 1). ... Although Casey Martin feels he deserves to use a golf cart on the P. ... Even though Martin suffers from a disease that may lead to the amputation of his leg, golf is a walking sport that requires stamina and the ability to physically move around the course. ... A ruled against letting Martin use a cart because they felt a cart would give him an unfair advantage over the other players. Martin appealed their decision and was allowed to ride a cart in his first Nike Tour event, which he won. ... After Martins win the Tour decided the cart gave Casey an unfair Brueggemann 3 advantage over the rest of the field and denied him the right to use a cart in upcoming events. ... The Professionals, those who are opposed to Martin, have much to say about the temporary decision the courts made in favor to let Martin ride a cart. The courts ruled in favor of Casey Martin, therefore making it legal for him to ride a golf cart while playing. ... Fred does not think the courts should allow Casey further use of the cart because he is also getting an advantage. ... An extreme advantage goes to Casey when he is riding a cart because it is a lot less fatiguing.