Sacking over club tee times 'justified'

THE sacking of a senior official at the world-famous St Andrews golf course for giving slots reserved for locals to millionaire Irish businessman JP McManus was justified, an employment tribunal heard yesterday.

Sacking over club tee times 'justified'

The tribunal was told an appeal hearing carried out by St Andrews Links Trust concluded the decision by the trust to dismiss chief players' assistant Eddie McDonald was correct.

Mr McDonald lost his job at the Old Course in St Andrews after an investigation discovered he had given tee times to Mr McManus and his brother, Gerry, on two occasions last year.

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