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Caddies sue PGA Tour over wearing bibs with logos

February 3, 2015
PGA golf pro Jason Day, right, prepares to putt on the 11th green during the first day of the Franklin Templeton Shootout on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, at the Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla. Day finished in first place for the day with teammate Cameron Tringale at 17-under-par. (AP Photo/Naples Daily News, David Albers)

PGA golf pro Jason Day, right, prepares to putt on the 11th green during the first day of the Franklin Templeton Shootout on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, at the Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla. Day finished in first place for the day with teammate Cameron Tringale at 17-under-par. (AP Photo/Naples Daily News, David Albers)

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A group of PGA Tour caddies has filed a class-action lawsuit demanding that the tour compensate them for wearing bibs.

Some 80 caddies joined the federal suit filed Tuesday in Northern California. At issue is having to wear bibs that have the logo of the tournament sponsor. The caddies contend the PGA Tour is making $50 million off the sponsors while the caddies get nothing.

The lawsuit stems from a dispute that has been brewing for more than a year. It also says the tour has denied caddies access to health care and pension plans.

Named as the two class representatives were Mike Hicks, the caddie for Payne Stewart when he won his last U.S. Open, and Kenny Harms, who caddies for Kevin Na.

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