“IMG’s been going downhill ever since Forstmann got sick, and it’s unfortunate."
/Alex Miceli with the turmoil at IMG and its golf division, highlighted by recent defection of agents and a couple of clients.
Employees Jon Wagner, Kevin Lynch and Jeff Stacy left, and PGA Tour veterans Trevor Immelman and Sean O’Hair followed. Now, a Cleveland court has been left to sort out the dispute.
Last week, IMG Worldwide was granted a temporary restraining order in Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Common Pleas Court against Wagner, which restricts him from soliciting IMG employees, clients and prospects.
A hearing was scheduled for May 15 to determine whether the injunction should become permanent.