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Schmidt won't regain amateur status

Associated Press

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Dusty Schmidt, a pro online poker player, has dropped a lawsuit against the United States Golf Association to have his amateur golfer status reinstated. Schmidt said Wednesday that after consulting with several legal experts, he wasn't able to come up with anything that he thought would be strong enough to win his case. A former top junior golfer in Southern California, Schmidt played professionally for several years before he suffered a heart attack in 2004, when he was just ...

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