Yale grad student sues over golf gizmo ‘theft’

A Yale University grad student is suing his former best friend, claiming the college chum shafted him out of an idea for a digital golf caddy.

Clinton Grusd, 36, of Manhattan, met Salman Syed, 32, of New Haven, Conn., at the Ivy League institution's business school in May 2011.

The two became "fast friends" and agreed to be 50-50 partners "in a brand new tech start-up that would revolutionize the game of golf," according to the Manhattan Supreme Court suit.

Dubbed "Dolphin Golf," the technology would rely on GPS attached to golf balls to track players' statistics and help them hone strategies.

Grusd, an Ironman triathlete, says he came up with the original idea for the device because "as an avid consumer of running, cycling and swimming products" he realized that the popularity of other sports tracking devices would easily translate to golf applications.

"They began to pursue the idea with the purpose of making millions down the road," the Manhattan Supreme Court suit says.

But then in the spring of 2012, Syed allegedly stabbed his buddy in the back — claiming he had to find a full-time job while he was actually developing Grusd's idea under a different name, Golfkick, the suit alleges.

"Grusd learned … that Syed, along with the other defendants, were engaging in a scheme to steal Dolphin Golf away from Grusd for their own benefit," the legal papers say.

Grusd says Syed got funding for his new venture from a Yale advisor who is an angel investor, and the director of a university program that fosters start-ups.

He tracked down a profile of the competing device that said the "'start-up helps golfers track their performance,'" same as Dolphin Golf," Grusd stresses in the court papers.

A source told the Post that the first version, Dolphin Golf was in the development stage and had not been patented. The source said he believes that the competitor, Golfkick, has been licensed.

Grusd called the alleged traitors' conduct "especially egregious" as Yale "requires the highest degree of ethics from its participants."

Grusd wants 50 percent interest in Syed's new venture.

Syed did not immediately respond to a message for comment.

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