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07/24/2009

Giuliani's son gets 'Big Break'

Posted at 12:09 PM

From nypost.com:Giulianis-kid_299x416

Fresh from scoring a bogey in court, Andrew  is hoping to launch his professional golfing career by winning a reality show.

The ex-mayor's 23-year- old son -- who turned pro at the beginning of the year -- is at Disney World competing in the Golf Channel's "Big Break," where the winner gets to go up against the big guys in a professional tournament.

The son of Rudy Giuliani and Donna Hanover has had a streak of bad luck.

He was kicked off the Duke University golf team when he was a junior for, among other things, throwing an apple at a teammate. He sued the university last summer, arguing he was promised "lifetime access" to Duke's golf facilities by ex-coach Rod Myers.

The new coach, Orrin Vincent, conspired to boot him from the team, he said. Duke responded that Giuliani got the boot for angry outbursts and his lawsuit landed in the rough.

A pun-loving federal judge quoted "Caddyshack" -- and employed seemingly every golf term in the book -- to scoff at the claim that the former mayoral son had a right to play for Duke.

Read the entire article at nypost.com 

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