This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Open Golf courses as conditions begin to allow for removal of any restrictions.
Golf can support social distancing without putting golf club personnel at risk. Bookings can be time separated and limited to 2 people. Players will be told not to touch rakes, ball cleaners & flags. Policing of these special rules would be by members, reporting any transgressions to authorities.
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Golf is extremely popular with senior citizens, many of whom enjoy this as their only leisure activity and many golf clubs (especially public ones) are run as small businesses on very restricted budgets. This action would allow them to begin to generate revenue again and keep running, certainly enough to pay the ground staff who need to keep working to maintain the course, otherwise there would be no course for people to return to.
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