PLEASANT RULING: JUDGE TRIPLES AWARD TO COURSE OWNER

          Worcester, MA, Superior Court Judge John McCann awarded
     Pleasant Valley Corp. (PV) "triple damages" in its lawsuit
     against LPGA tournament sponsor AreaWeb.com and its
     tournament promoters, Entertainment Sports Equities (ESE)
     and Golf Classics, according to Joe Gordon of the BOSTON
     HERALD.  Gordon noted that PV Owner Ted Mingolla "agreed to
     stage" the '99 LPGA Tour event under a contract with
     rightsholder ESE, and in the suit filed in September '99,
     Mingolla charged ESE with "failure to meet contractual
     obligations," citing newspaper stories of the "near
     cancellation" of the event one week prior to its start
     because ESE "hadn't paid certain fees" to the LPGA.  Gordon
     also noted that the suit charged ESE with misleading
     promotional advertising for claiming several top players who
     were planning to play didn't come to the event.  Mingolla
     said, "The gist of the case was we sued for damages of more
     than $240,000 and the judge tripled the damages" to
     $762,000, including attorney fees (BOSTON HERALD, 10/22).