While Nick Dunlap continues to excel on the golf course, his parents, Charlene and Jim Dunlap, are embroiled in a legal dispute with his manager Kevin Canning, 

and his management firm GSE Worldwide. The parents are being represented by family attorney W. Scott Simpson.

The legal fight began in March of this year when Dunlap’s manager Canning made derogatory remarks about his father to a business associate of LLC. 

The business entity Nick Dunlap Golf, LLC (NDG) oversees Dunlap’s marketing activities and revenue.

During the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Canning allegedly called Jim Dunlap a “drunk, controlling, alcoholic asshole” who is “too tough” on the Alabama golfer.

As per Sports Business Journal, the family attorney Simpson claimed that Canning bad-mouthed Dunlap’s parents. 

However, Dunlap’s management firm denied the allegations and said that Simpson had manufactured the accusations to control Dunlap’s business.

Dunlap’s family maintained many of Canning’s statements to be false. The 20-year-old golfer had signed a contract with a management firm GSE in February for one year.

Just five weeks later after the disparaging incident, Simpson cited a breach of contract by Canning. He filed an arbitration request with the American Arbitration Association (AAA). In response, Canning filed a lawsuit and said that the issue was not arbitrable as he didn’t sign the contract.

Sports Business Journal’s Josh Carpenter reported that GSE President Andrew Witlieb signed the contract, not Canning.

In a statement to Golfweek, GSE said that they have been representing Dunlap since his amateur days and have helped him get great deals. On the other hand, Simpson wrote to SBJ in a mail stating that Dunlap’s parents have helped him transition to professional golf. The motion hearing of the case was held on July 18.

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Source: New York Post