Kevin Beirth resolves contempt case over PGA claims

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Kevin Beirth resolved alleged contempt proceedings in the High Court on 9 October 2018 after undertaking not to claim association with the Professional Golfers Association.

The undertaking followed claims that he had presented himself as a PGA professional after being expelled from the organisation in 2012. The association said the undertaking resolved its application to attach and commit him to prison.

The court was told that Beirth had offered golf lessons near Swords while describing himself as a PGA instructor, and that earlier undertakings followed a 2013 settlement.