A veteran golf pro claims he help set up the new Links at Valley Fields golf course only to be sliced out of the venture.
Paul Giordano, of Mamaroneck, is demanding $150,000 from Yorktown Golf Group Inc., in a complaint filed March 5 in Westchester Supreme Court.
After receiving the benefits of his services and reputation to get the new course up and running, Giordano says, the owners cut him out of the project.
Yorktown Golf did not reply to a message asking for its side of the story.
The Links at Valley Fields is a 9-hole, par 3 course on property owned by the town between Jefferson Valley Mall and the Taconic Parkway. It operated as Shallow Creek Golf Course until 2007.
In February 2023, the town awarded a 5-year deal to Yorktown Golf to redevelop the course and open a restaurant.
The Links and the Tee Bar and Grille opened last summer.
The key members of the enterprise are Carmine DeMeglio and Anthony Stallone, partners in Gianna’s restaurant in Yonkers, according to a town press release announcing the deal last year. Christopher Munoz and Michael Saccente also are shareholders, according to the complaint.
Giordano says he has been a member of the Professional Golf Association for 25 years and is certified as a golf professional.
He began consulting with the developers in late 2022 when they were preparing to bid for the town contract, according to the complaint, and he was introduced to the town board as the golf pro who would oversee the course and programs.
Giordano claims he was told that he would be compensated for his services, or receive an unspecified ownership interest in Yorktown Golf.
“In reliance of the promised compensation,” the complaint states, he “devoted a significant amount of time and effort on behalf of defendants.”
He says he set up a pro shop, interviewed job applicants, coordinated schedules, and discussed programs and events with local golf organizations.
After the golf course was up and running, the owners allegedly severed their relationship with Giordano and gave him no compensation.
Giordano says his work was worth at least $150,000.
He accused Yorktown Golf and its members of breach of contract, unjust enrichment and fraud.
He is represented by White Plains attorney Wayne H. Spector.
