According to Art Leon (ed.: father of Georgia star Taylor Leon), when parents learned that McCorkle would receive only a one-month suspension in the offseason, they voiced their displeasure to athletic director Damon Evans. Top players threatened to skip Georgia's NCAA regional.

"I can categorically tell you that that Taylor, Mallory (Hetzel) and Whitney (Wade) were not going to play in NCAA regionals," Art Leon said.

Controversy began not long after McCorkle took over in Athens. According to sources inside the Georgia golf circle who requested anonymity, the sequence of events reads like this:

McCorkle led Arizona to the NCAA title in 2000, helped by senior Jenna Daniels, who won the individual title. Longtime Georgia coach Beans Kelly retired after nationals; McCorkle, accompanied by his wife, traveled to Athens to interview for the job.

McCorkle was hired at Georgia in June 2000. He moved to Athens without his wife (they would divorce). Rumors were swirling about McCorkle's close relationship with Daniels, who had one semester left at Arizona. By spring, Daniels was attending practices in Athens, and she played qualifying rounds with the Bulldogs. She married McCorkle in January 2004.

Not everyone, however, believed McCorkle had started a relationship with Daniels while coaching her, and there was no official investigation.

"I never thought the situation was handled inappropriately," said LPGA player Angela Jerman, who played for McCorkle at Georgia. "Obviously, it was talked about."

Daniels, 29, was mentioned several times in current players' testimonies. Players said McCorkle told his players he and his wife "would go out and play for sexual favors." Because Daniels once played under McCorkle, the comments made current players uncomfortable. McCorkle said he only told players he and Jenna "play for dinner."