Sunday, June 16, 2002

Hole in one update: Updating yesterday's item on the the golf tournament prostitution bust, the Sacramento Bee reports that two golf course managers and four others were arrested.
Riverside County sheriff's deputies had the public golf course 40 miles east of Los Angeles under surveillance for about three weeks, said sheriff's spokeswoman Shelley Kennedy-Smith. On Friday afternoon, they moved in, detaining about 100 male golfers and several women.

Most of the golfers were released early Saturday following questioning.

"They're having a private golf tournament," McConnell said. "Illegal acts of sex for money were offered during the tournament."

On Friday, the club was reserved for a private tournament and several camping tents were pitched on the course. Investigators observed sex acts between golfers and women, McConnell said.

Elsewhere on the course golf was being played, Kennedy-Smith said.

"This is all a shock to me," said golf course owner, Henry C. "Chuck" Cox II. "I'm trying to figure it (the raid) out."
"Chuck" is apparently not a candidate for a job in the space program.