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Sergio Garcia

to Anheuser-Busch for signing 22-year-old PGA golfer Sergio Garcia to a Michelob sponsorship agreement. The deal, which gives Michelob the right to feature Garcia in advertising and point-of-sale materials, violates the Beer Institute Marketing & Advertising Code, which stipulates, "...models and actors used in ads should be a minimum of 25 years old." The parent who alerted us to the Michelob deal thinks it's a real shame Anheuser-Busch can't resist going after the young fans golf has attracted since Tiger Woods came on the scene. "I thought there was a code against something like this," says the concerned dad, "Sergio Garcia is a role model for my son."