Kraft sues PGA
Seasoned professional Greg Kraft has issued a lawsuit against the PGA for what he claims was a failure to safeguard the health of players at a tournament in Arizona in February 2002.
The 39-year-old, who lost his tour card this year after finishing 220th on the money list, has taken legal action because he claims he caught valley fever at the Tucson Open.
Valley fever grows in soils in areas of low rainfall. It effects the lungs and is most common in the south-west of the US and Mexico.
“The Tour had a responsibility to its players,” Kraft’s attorney Leonard Decof told Florida’s St Petersburg newspaper.
“They should have known about this. If golfers are going to be playing under conditions that could be dangerous or life threatening, the tour should know about it and warn them.”
Omni Hotels Management, who run the resort in Tucson where the tournament takes place, were also named as a defendant.
