8 Weird Questions That Courts Have Legally Answered

2. What Is Golf?

We've all had disagreements over the rules of a game. Do you get money for landing on Free Parking in Monopoly? Is it cheating to look at your opponent's screen in Mario Kart? How long are you allowed to choke somebody for never moving their back row in checkers?

But no matter how heated your arguments have become, I bet they never made their way to the Supreme Court.

Casey Martin was a golfer who wanted to qualify for the PGA Tour, but a medical condition impaired his ability to walk. He asked for permission to use a golf cart between holes of the tournament, but the PGA Tour claimed that walking between holes was a fundamental aspect of the sport and denied his request.

Martin sued, claiming that the rules of golf don't actually require players to walk between holes and that the PGA Tour was obliged by the Americans With Disabilities Act to accommodate him.

The case eventually went to the Supreme Court, who weren't swayed by the PGA Tour's assertion that using a golf cart would somehow be cheating. Martin was allowed to use a cart, though he never managed to qualify for the tour.

Verdict: Walking isn't a fundamental part of golf. No ruling yet on the legality of mulligans.