For a gentleman’s game, there is a lot of lawyering up going on in golf.
The PGA Tour has hired Foley & Lardner, where Augusta National Golf Club chairman Fred Ridley is a partner, to defend itself against a lawsuit brought by Tiger Woods’ former swing coach, Hank Haney.
Foley & Lardner partner William Davis and associate Angelica Novick filed appearances on Thursday in the case, Hank Haney et al v. PGA Tour Inc., S.D. Fla., 0:19-cv-63108, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Haney sued the PGA Tour in December, alleging it had leaned ...