Deadspin: andrew giuliani

First, The Met Open Championship. Next, The World!

Ben Cohen — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:00:00 EDT

Andrew Giuliani just won his first professional golf tournament. Yippy! Let's take the Post's advice: "Do you know someone who has made New York a better place? Nominate your hero for the 8th Annual New York Post Liberty Medals." [NYP]

Rudy Giuliani's Son Loses The Case Of "Duke vs. Spackler"

Dashiell Bennett — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:15:21 EDT

Andrew Giuliani used to play golf at Duke University until the coach that recruited him died, and the new coach realized that he was a terrible golfer. Andy sued after being booted from the team and the judge made him look stupid by quoting Caddyshack as he dismissed the case.

Giuliani—America's Mayor's Son—lost a summary judgment in his breach of contract case after the judge determined there was no actual contract made. (He was not on scholarship and even if he was, they can be revoked.) However, Magistrate Judge Wallace W. Dixon found the whole matter so amusing, that he decided to sprinkle his opinion with golf terminology ("Plaintiff attempts to take a mulligan, but this shot goes into the drink.") and even a line from a terribly overrated golf comedy.

"Plaintiff's promissory estoppel claim which was not argued in his brief, brings to mind Carl Spackler's analysis from the movie CADDYSHACK. 'He's on the final hole. He's about 455 yards away, he's gonna hit a 2 iron I think.' North Carolina does not recognize affirmative claims of promissory estoppel."

HA HA! Estoppel! I get it! Wait ... no, I don't.

Giuliani Golf Lawsuit Shanks [The Smoking Gun]

Hmm, Hard To Believe This Kid Turned Out To Be A Twit

Rick Chandler — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:00:54 EDT

Like many of you I suspect, I got my first look at Andrew Giuliani during his dad's mayoral inauguration speech in 1994. As my grandfather always said, "You get the kids you deserve." (Abe Vigoda there in the background in photo No. 2 does not look amused). You probably know by now that Andrew is suing Duke University for booting him off of the golf team. But why was he kicked out? Here are some great quotes.

According to a story in the New York Post, Giuliani was an "entitled" bully who pretty much got what was coming to him.

One of the first things Vincent did as coach was meet with each of the 13 players for four to five hours to go over the "very thick athlete code of conduct," the source said. Each player agreed in writing to obey the rules. But Andrew soon became disruptive, teammates said. "There was a lot of bullying," the source said. "I guess the guys didn't dislike him; they were cautious of him. He just kind of got a little pushy."

Andrew was accused of hurting two teammates in a football game and allegedly threw an apple at a teammate, sparking a fistfight. "When I heard he was kicked off, I knew it wasn't the end of it," said teammate Eric Schultz. "Andrew's the kind of guy to take action." The suit accuses Vincent of trumping up charging, including that Andrew threw and broke a club. Andrew claims the club just snapped as he leaned on it.

When Chris Farley depicts you in an SNL sketch, I guess you have a reputation to live up to. Although Andrew always reminded me more of Syndrome:

Teed-Off Rudy Son 'A Bully' [New York Post]

Giuliani's Mom Questions Coach's Judgment

KOGOD — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:30:00 EDT

Apparently once you decide to procreate with Rudy Giuliani you become some sort of arbiter of quality judgment. The New York Daily News is reporting that the Giuliani camp will use a 2004 picture from a Golf Digest photo shoot from Duke's O.D. Vincent's days at UCLA to display the coach's history poor judgment.

The suit cites a number of trumped-up events: Andrew Giuliani throwing an apple at a teammate, driving too fast and breaking a club.

Giuliani claims Vincent pressured the other student athletes to turn against him. Vincent did not return calls for comment.

The photo Giuliani's camp says shows Vincent's bad judgment was shot for a 2004 article in the prestigious magazine.

Now I'll agree that any guy named O.D. Vincent who coaches golf at Duke University is likely a douche of the highest regard, but I truly doubt that allowing his former team to pose "nude" in the sport's most popular magazine is going to get the jilted golfer back on the team. Besides, who the fuck throws an apple?

Andrew Giuliani uses UCLA photo to show Duke golf coach's 'poor judgment'