Thorpe suspended
Jim Thorpe was sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of failure to pay income tax.
Jim Thorpe got his one-year jail sentence from a U.S. Magistrate judge face-to-face. The penalty from the PGA Tour? It was issued via e-mail.
“I’m under suspension,” Thorpe said a short time ago. “I got the e-mail Friday afternoon.”
Thorpe, the 61-year-old Champions Tour and PGA Tour veteran, was not allowed to enter next week’s Ace Group Classic in Naples, Fla., nor is he eligible until the Tour lifts the suspension.
Of course, in standard operating procedure in such cases, the Tour refuses to comment on anything connected to player discipline.
It’s the Tour’s reaction to the two counts of failure to pay taxes to which Thorpe pleaded guilty. Judge Karla R. Spaulding sentenced the golfer Jan. 22 in Orlando federal court to one year in jail, two years' supervised release and 200 hours of community service. Thorpe also has agreed to pay nearly $2 million in back taxes, penalties and interest. He was ordered ...
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