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A casual accusation of \u201csandbagger\u201d on the golf course may seem harmless, but what if it amounts to a public allegation of cheating that damages someone\u2019s reputation? Blending golf culture with defamation law, Michael Cochrane explores how a heated dispute over handicaps could quickly transform from clubhouse gossip into a costly lawsuit. Read Article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":245923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,58,62,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles-michael-cochrane","category-articles-golf","category-tester","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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