Golf Course Superintendent Loses Appeal of Race Discrimination Complaint

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the ruling of a district court, finding that a golf course superintendent failed to show that his employer, American Golf Corporation, fired him because he is African American.   Sean Brown was a superintendent of Keney Golf Course, a property of AGC. Brown allegedly came into disfavor at the company when he failed to apply a certain chemical before the first snow fall to prevent the facility’s greens from developing snow mold. He also us