GOLF COURSE DESTROYED FOR LANDFILL & FINANCIAL GAIN 💰
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- THIS IS A GOLF COURSE THAT WAS ONCE A THRIVING COMMUNITY AND HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY LANDFILL FOR THE FINANCIAL BENEFITS ITS COMES WITH. THIS IS BEACON PARK IN SKELMERSDALE, WE MET WITH A LOCAL CAMPAIGNER ALAN WHO TOLD US ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THIS GOLF COURSE! THIS IS NOT THE USUAL GOLF CLUB REVIEW OR GOLF TIPS ON HOW TO HIT DRIVER STRAIGHT! THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING STORY!
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GOLFMATES WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS STORY - has it happened near you?
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@Steve Lingy heard name several times 👍
Looking at that Liam makes me feel like crying the views and course itself reminds me of houghwood
@@ianparry1566 sad 😕
Serco are the company that owns the dodgy NHS test & trace app that people have been tricked into downloading. I’ve played Beacon Park many, many times and still play it now so I’ve seen the devastation unfold in real time. The bit where Liam steps over the mud with the metal fences either side is actually the fairway of the first hole! It’s a cracking course too, really tricky and strategic. I hope it gets restored as it’s too good too disappear
My course Swinton Park, was closed in September due to some very greedy people who got control of the club, through very devious means, ran it down despite it being a viable club, only yesterday they sold all the greens equipment, if you Google Swinton Park G C, you could read about the Saga the members have gone through, who knows Liam? You could do a vlog on our course, which hasn’t yet deteriorated to this extent, we have fought off Belway homes and another housing company, our fight to get our club back goes on, come on you white men!!
Start a petition, highlight the profiteering bastards, sounds like the council and even judiciary need to be exposed. Respect to Alan for trying to expose such blatant corruption.
Absolutely right. Alan doing so much
116k signatures on here alone.
I’ve sent a tweet to Serco. Need to put pressure on those involved of this sorry mess
Roaches scatter when a light is turned on. Media always loves an underdog.
@@bradleyrounds9148 Forget the media, they are completely complicit with all the scams going on in this country. Just look at how the marxist media deals with illegal immigration.
This is tragic and saddening, and you can really see it in Alan how much of an effect it has had on him. Heart goes out to him and the others.
It is
I was a member for 10 years and suffered in all that time ! In the last couple of years I was the captain of the Seniors and after winning the South West Lancs league as was said we were refused entry to o the league!It was a thriving club,great for the community. Serco and West Lancs you should be ashamed of yourselves! Somebody has made a fortune out of our misery! Absolutely stinks!!
Absolutely sorry for you. Hope this videos gets it seen what they have done
I've walked that area for 20 years now, used to use the driving range, been scratching my head for years now thinking what the hell is going on here
You will find out were the money's gone when you see what house's and cars the top councilors have. Great vid by the way.
Absolutely so true
Such a sad story heart goes out to that brave fella for speaking out well done golf mates for telling this story
Absolutely disgraceful not only trashed the Golf course but also the beautiful public footpaths that went along side the course . Hopefully those responsible will be brought to book
Absolutely criminal, should be an official investigation into who’s pockets have be lined with this!!
They can’t shut up social media Liam. Well done spread the word of this corruption and greed. My golf club was brought out 4 years ago only to be wound up as the new owner was a property developer. Planning has turned them down so there’s no golf course and no use on the land RIP Woodlands Manor GC.
Played it early this year and such a shame what it’s become.
Stated my golf journey in the range several years ago and such a shame. Absolutely disgraceful the council have aloud it to happen.
How has Rosie been silenced surely this is just the sort of thing her job is about getting justice over
Shocking, well done Liam for highlighting this
Thank you
Omfg that is disgusting the council need to get sued
"Like Augusta, rapid" 🤣🤣🤣. Sad story beautifully told
Lol
All those responsible won't taking to court for the loss of the golf course be it the committee or the money grabbing council. I just feel sorry for the member's that have lost the club.
might be the best line i've ever heard from Liam
Liam, thanks for putting this into the wider public domain. It's a shocking and quite frankly tragic story of greed and selfishness wrecking a golf community and area of natural beauty. I really hope Alan's voice gets heard again and someone sees sense and commits to returning this course back to something like it was.
A very similar thing happened to a course in Worcestershire, Wyre Forest GC which changed its name to Burlish Park GC. It’s now closed. It’ll never be a golf course again due to all the dumped rubble. Such a shame.
Awful isnt it
I was just about to mention Burlish. Its virtually the same story.
@@glennwhite1534 yup, one of their main lines was “we’re going to landscape the course” as if they were doing the club a favour, they also promised an additional 9 hole “academy course”. The land there is destroyed now, could never be a golf course ever again. Makes me sick!
This is some of your best content Liam , highlighting the greed and inaction of a local council which is totally detrimental to a thriving senior golfing community. How many seniors like Allan have had their social hub , form of exercise ripped from them in this instance?
I think you and your fellow golf content creators should exercise the power of your following and use it to help Beacon park and its once thriving community back to what it once was.
Ask not what golf can do for you but what you can do for golf..
There has always been corruption where money has been involved, all over the world. So sad to see this course dying, probably never to recover. Surely corruption like this is criminal? So sad, but well done Alan for not lying down and taking it. I salute you sir.
Exactly the same happened to a municipal course in Stoke/on-Trent, Goldenhill GC. If you were to send a drone up over it today you’d never be able to recognise that there was once a thriving & testing Par 72 course there.
Landfills and Housing Estates are replacing a lot of courses in the Midlands.
So sad that some great courses are closing.
Golf investigative journalism! Is there no limit to your talents Liam. Excellent video and a warning to all to protect vulnerable golf courses. We’ve lost two that I know of to development. 👍
Further to my last comment I have contacted the Sun newspaper in Manchester and emailed the story to the editor with a copy of the video
Well done Anthony!
I can't see why this would be a story. Its public land, the council has an obligation to the tax payers to get the most out of this asset as possible and that is not offering a subsidised golf course for £230 membership per year. Its very sad for the members that have lost out but what about the tens of thousands of other residents in this area who have no interest in golf but are paying for subsidised golf membership not to mention the opportunity cost of such a huge piece of land.
@@henrickemmerson4140 I understand the point. But surely in that situation just tell everyone the club is being closed, list the reasons, and move on. This looks very underhand ... deliberately driving membership down so that it's easier for the council to say "well, just 7 members, of course we need to shut it down now" and then there is no media "fuss". Dodgy as **** I'd say.
@@zedzeduk It doesn't seem great but if the council said they were closing down the golf course then there would have been just as much uproar. Unfortunately the council took the £4m for landfill because how could they refuse it when they've got a golf course costing them money and taking up and that could be used more efficiently. Its also a Labour run council in a Labour voting area so they can pretty much do what they want without recourse. I'm not saying any of this is great but the members were getting something for nothing and are now unhappy that this has been taken away. There are separate issues at play
@@henrickemmerson4140 A couple of points, well 3
1) No, councils are not in place to ensure that every asset that is publicly owned delivers the best financial return. They are there to work to deliver quality services and an environment that supports a positive community. In doing that they have to balance the books - it's not a purely hard commercial driven process. Anyone that becomes a councillor with that view of 'working the assets ruthlessly' is in the wrong vocation.
2) Where does it end in your 'commercial returns' view of the world? Every park, children's playground, school playing field could get cut in half.... converted to landfill, parking that councils love to get revenue from etc. etc. These are assets that are owned by the community and under the caretaking of the council. Greedy eyed councillors wanting to fill the council coffers so they seem to have done a good job are working to serve themselves today rather than serve the community in the long run.
3) Did anyone ask the local residents if they wanted a landfill on their doorstep... with the associated smell, traffic etc.? I know which I'd rather have near to me.
i played a course near london heathrow, back in the 80s . it was built on a landfill. i took a divot and i hit something like a pop can.
later the chap at the bar asked me how it was. Told him and he allowed as how it was not a great course. in the wind the ball has to land more than 10 yards before the greens just to stop on them.
I know a course in Mississauga west of Toronto, thats on a big hill of landfill, will go and try it wh this pandemic is done.
I enjoy your vlog!
Thanks hugh
Good to be highlighted. We lost Gorstyhill Golf Course near Crewe!
What happened?
Now that was a good track with masses of potential, USGA tees and greens, quality. Still play at Wychwood Park across the road a few times a year and that’s definitely gone downhill the last few years. Think I’m right in saying they had a Euro Pro Tour event at some point!
@@GolfMates was bought by someone and then closed as apparently not a going concern. Funnily enough, soon after a Planning application appeared for Housing, offices and stuff! That was thrown out but unfortunately course is derelict now.
@@alanmackenzie3258 I think the original plans were for 2 golf courses (Wychwood & Gorstyhill) and 2 housing developments (Wychwood Park & Gorsty village). Gorstyhill GC was run for the minimum period required before they could reapply for change of use and use it for a more profitable enterprise. Thankfully that was rejected by planners, unfortunately the golf course was already lost.
Ooooh.....was like watching That’s life!! Brilliant vlog mate. Disgusting what has happened to that golf club. How can this be resolved?? No voice no action!!!
I wonder, hid did it get through the planning process? surely the local MP could take the matter up in Parliament to highlight the failure / wrong doing of the local council?
Nice job LIam. In the States, public golf courses are being bought up for 55 and over housing and solar farms. Big business is forcing golf to be private. I lost my home course but was fortunate enough to be able to join a private club. Others don't have that luxury. It's a shame what's happening, but like Al Czervik said in Caddyshack, "cemeteries and golf courses are the biggest waste of real estate". Really starting to become reality.
So true. Thank you for commenting
It’s disgusting what’s happened to the club. Someone should be ver the coals for that. 😡🤬🙏💖
Liam...excellent. investigative journalism, Old school. Well done.
3 words: Follow The Money.
Disgusting how this has gone on for so long. I'd be VERY surprised if there weren't any back-handers invo,ved
Absolutely
Too many good golf courses are being lost because of corrupt councils. They are either landfilling them or building houses on them and its wrong!
Amazing as always :)
Thanks again!
Keep the light shinning on them, and bless Alan for standing his ground. I have seen two courses around here close down and be plowed under, with the return to farm land.
SERCO!!! The same serco that got Billions for the failed test and trace. This is enraging!!!
Shocking
Yep and the same Serco who get the council to shut up the MP.
Serco who is owned by Churchill’s grandson and has massive ties to central government the Tory chumocracy is alive and kicking and don’t give a pigs ear about the everyday people of this country. Just look at the devastation hs2 is causing to our countryside and people’s lives, to much money is involved the Torys were never going to holt it and lose there back handers
@@stephenv5521 with a little help from sercos friends in government 👍
@@cliffhackett420 you can't blame the tory's for stuff happening in Labour heartlands. Just look at the Labour mayor of Liverpool, resigned after he got caught taking back handers. Labour are more corrupt but as long as bitter anti tory northerners keep voting them in, the north will always be down-trodden.
Nice little video,we lost our course Botley Park country club to redevelopment, where once stood a beautiful golf course now stands 500+ houses. I can only imagine what that course was like back in the day,as the views are breathtaking, the local community and golfing fraternity must be devastated to see it go to wreck and ruin,I'm guessing they tried to get signatures from an online petition, 10,000 to get a response from the government or 100,000 for it to be considered by Parliament, as I'm sure after seeing that video which was brilliantly put together, they could swell their petition by an awful lot from golf mates followers,i really do hope your video really helps with their plight good luck
Heartbreaking 🏌️
It is
Great video Liam, highlighting corrupt and dubious practices. Our course, Cob Tree Manor in Maidstone, Kent, is facing the same situation. The Maidstone Borough Council has approved plans to dump landfill on the course, meaning the front 9 will be taken out of play for several years. The property was donated to the Council years ago and was meant to be for the benefit of all. Sadly, the Council have other ideas, likely to ruin the area. Mytime Active has the lease on the property and they have a track record of destroying golf courses. Promises of new clubhouse, driving range, academy course etc sound all too familiar, although Mytime are already backing out of several of their commitments. Sadly, the people in power have no interest in the golf course - short-sighted, narrow-minded, bureaucratic plonkers. Give a cheer to Maidstone Borough Council and Mytime Active for their shining example of greed and incompetence!
The greed of man ruined this golf course.
Absolutely
Disgusting, absolutely disgusting. This needs to be exposed. I agree as the below Petition it, this needs to be raised. Maximum respect for Alan and yourself Liam for Exposing this Travesty
Serco have fingers in all pies. Who does a lot of covid testing contracts? Lots of nepotism involved with the government and this lot.
Sound like it
The Ironman servo literally run the country. Nhs contracts,schools, prisons etc. And to top it off Winston Churchill’s grandson is the ceo of the company. Very interbred with the government
Extremely good video well done Liam and Joe
Thank you josh 👍
Sounds like it is all about greed...follow the money trail and see who"s pockets it is lining.
Makes you wonder
Gutted to see this. Grew up playing this course and have fond memories of it. Had no idea this had happened as I no longer live in the area. Really hope this mess can be sorted out.
was that The Joe Perez in the intro? he hasnt made an appearance in awhile
Absolutely
Same outcome in Van Buren Township, Michigan, USA. The township fathers decided they could burying trash returns more revenue than golf, and converted a very nice course and banquet facility to landfill. Sad.
I would think it goes something like this....
“They” ultimately want the course gone and redeveloped. However to get the change of use on the land is difficult because it’s (was) a thriving and viable business. So they put in to redevelop some areas ( amenity based still) such the academy and driving range which allows the tipping right to be granted. The key to everything’s to keep it officially open but run it into the ground. Once it become unviable it will close, change of use will be granted and houses or similar will go in.
That's the truth of it, right there.
WTG Liam for bringing this sad story of the demise of a golf club to light, hopefully someone see's this and try's to do something and help out.
Unfortunately politicans make alot of $$ from garbage 😪😪
Terrible
Politicians making $ is corruption. Same as here in the USA.
Credit to you Liam and your authenticity for highlighting this tragic loss of a community golf course for human greed. I'm not sure any other golf you tube channel would make a video like this! Golf mates = Ronseal
Whilst it is really sad for those that used to enjoy this course I've just checked the membership prices and 7 day membership is £230 per year which doesn't really strike me as a sustainable business model. I also assume that it is a council run course which means that for membership to be that cheap it is subsidised by the taxpayer so this is not just a clear case of a golf club being mismanaged. I'm also guessing that the local council is a Labour run one and I'm guessing that the local people would not dream of voting for anyone but Labour so we again have a bigger picture than just golf club mismanagement.
A golf course utilises a lot of land for not that many people and if it is a private business or a golf club owned by the members then all decisions would be made by a board for the good of the business or by a committee for the good of the golf club. If the business makes bad decisions like allowing the course to go into disrepair then their business will go under and a committee has an obligation to make decisions that keep the members happy so both of these forms of golf course have checks and balances to keep them afloat.
A council run golf course is very different though. The land is owned by all of the people, not just the golfers, and if this land is being seen to generate an income that the council can use elsewhere to benefit its residents that have no care for golf then that may be a sustainable model. However, charging £230 per year for membership will clearly not generate any income at all and will likely also cost the council money. How do the other residents in the area feel about their money being spent to subsidise a golf course? Would they rather it spent on local play parks, youth centres or just get a reduction in their council tax?
We also have the issue of golf being far less popular (until 2020 as golf has seen a spike this year) than in 2011 on every metric that you want to look at. So you could argue that in 2011 when golf was popular the plans for expansion were a decent business decision but by 2013/14 the numbers would have looked awful because less people were playing golf. Again, given this is tax payer money being spent, would the residents in that area want their money spent in an industry that is seeing less participation or maybe spending it on a cycle park would be a better decision because cycling numbers were going up when golfing participants were going down.
Given the choice, surely every golfer in the UK would want their club to be subsidised by the taxpayer, especially if you could get membership for less than £20 per month (I can't even get a round of golf for £20 near me!?!). But can you honestly tell me that this would be a good use of government money and if not then why do the members of this particular golf club warrant such privilege?
Cant see how solve climate change with this going on in background 👍
They've dropped the price due to the work being carried out, prior to that it was in line with most municipals obviously a short term deal, but atm not even worth that.
Well done Liam for having the balls to air this disgrace!! Shame on the local council for allowing this to happen.
First 😂
Good man 😎
As we said in school... First the worst, second the best, third's the one with the hairy chest.
@@rarestpepe haha!
Last..... Everything...... The Walrus of Love!
You bored, James?
Very fond memories of the Beac! It was a fine course and supplied the locality with an endless quantity of Black and White garden canes and bunker rakes. Most locals couldn't care less about the pleasures of the "privileged" and what now remains is Beacon Beirut : the ravaged battlefield of a lost class warfare. The feral locals made the premises uninsurable, and isolated golfers unsafe. The Driving Range was arson attacked and re-built, but it could never survive financially. Vandals come in all shapes, sizes and tax brackets and the real world has seen the people who talk about rights shirk their responsibilities. We are all responsible for this shame through our actions, inactions and apathy. But - true to form it is far easier for us to blame others - the corrupt and the criminal - than for us to confess that WE allowed this to happen on our watch. WE sat there and tended to our own selfish priorities and this mess is now our legacy and our shame... A local saying is "You make your own Midden". And where there's muck there's Brass.
I really hope this video exposes those who are responsible for this tragic shambles. Well done in bringing it to the public domain.
Well done, Liam. Tragic story though. Hopefully the Golf Mates community can the word out about the injustice. Keep up the good work.
Thank you
Great video , a very sad story , really put across well and I am afraid it won’t be the last time we hear of this sort of thing. Well done Liam for bringing this sour story to light
This happened here in Bradenton Florida about 20 years ago, they plowed over my after work on the way home course, put in a bunch of houses... It still hurts sometimes
Liam: I grew up down the road from this course and learned to play (or try to) play golf here. I now live in the US and have commented many times on Golf Mates. I'm saddened by watching this!
What a shame 😡something needs to be done golfmates !!great video Liam again.
They’ve been treated disgustingly. Feel so sorry for that club and it’s members. Stinks of corruption and greed not community and passion. Shocking behaviour by all involved.
Absolutely
Absolutely disgraceful who’s had the £4.5 million? How can they shut people up? 😡 Great work highlighting the issue!
Great video Liam, very important. There will be a lot of stories like this in golf and it will make a good series if you was to shine a light on them. We all love the banter videos but these more serious ones have a place too
Absolutely hoping to do so
Well done Liam - respect to you for taking the time to bring these sad issues to light mate
Very good and very important video, well done for showing and speaking out for this community.Fantastic, keep it up....
Alan deserves lot of credit 👍
@@GolfMates He absolutely does but so do you for highlighting it....
Fair play making this video Liam. This is one of my local courses which sadly i wouldn't even consider spending my money at because of the poor condition. Hope they manage to get it thriving again.
Mountains of land fill to climb 😕
My local driving range was changed from a flat field to a hillside when it was taken over by a nationwide company, friend of mine in the building trade said the same thing about the financial gain from land fill.
Great respect to Alan, keep going mate, you are right, the whole mess is sordid. Corruption is rife here.
Joe Perez again what a legend. Interesting, good to be highlighting stuff like this. Jack Barkers Golf Centres (now non-existent) did this to Greenway Hall And Goldenhill golf courses in Stoke-on-Trent & Keele GC in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Was that land fill?
@@GolfMates Yes. I'll DM you on Twitter with some more details.
That's whats good about this and other Golf UA-cam channels, all the good golfing content, but also looking out for the golfing community as a whole, and not looking away from sad situations like this, Keep up the good work🏌️⛳👍
Thanks Chris 👍
Thank you
Same similar thing happened to great course in San Antonio. Historical Pecan Valley, host of 1968 US PGA championship, is now overran by nature. The Republic GC is also gone!
So said
Fantastic video Liam, great insight into local councils on bung, absolute bloody discrace mate, I am gutted for that golfing community. I wonder if there's anymore in the UK. I know builders are trying to buy struggling golf clubs.
This reminds of a course in Oxfordshire owned by a building company who did a similar thing and drained the money out of the club. Built in the 80s with porta cabins for a club house and they promised to build a proper club house and the cabins are still being used with the floors rotting out and the whole building in a very poor state.
Happens loads now
Outrageous! And so sad to see what has happened. Let's hope that those involved sort it out.
Thanks Liam for this video it was very eye opening and I hope the course is restored and better than ever one day, it's going to take a lot of work.
We have a 9 hole public course here in Indianapolis Indiana USA that is on owned and operated by a local landfill operation. In my opinion the condition of the course is far better than a large majority of the other public courses in the area. From what you have shown with this video Liam we are very fortunate to have the course that we have.
They need looking after 😣
I did the first 2 videos for my new channel (the average golf hack) from there if you want to see how the condition is. It has been in business for over 20 years now so hopefully they keep it going.
Hello again. I play up at dunscar. This is why. It’s a tragedy mate. I live in Appley bridge , 5 mins away from the beacon. I take my dogs on there still fir a walk( with a club sometimes and a few balls) I was a member here 24 years ago when I really wanted to get into the golf, it was a lovely course, members were great people , dead friendly, skemmers, wiganers, , all good local people. It was great . Some great junior golfers too. A real shame what’s happening.
Andy who is in the shop at dunscar, used to be in the shop here, it’s were he cut his teeth,
Well done for doing this video Liam, no other “UA-camrs” do content like this so good to see something more than just new equipment and how far does this new driver/ball go. Keep it up please!!!! 👍👍🇬🇧🍺
I feel so sorry for poor old Alan 😢 he is heartbroken
First golf course me and mates started to play on when we were around 14/15. Joined as a junior member. Used to pay to play up until about 2012. Not sure about top 10 in the UK but it was a decent course but criminally under funded. Not played it for years because it’s looked a mess. Drove passed the other day and thought they must have closed down as I saw the length of the fairways! Asked around and nobody knew anything so thanks for highlighting!
Wooow I had my golf lessons here as a kid... and I never knew this was happening there... so sad
Hi Liam, My old golf club, Ifield Golf Club, was founded in 1927 and was owned by a limited company, which was originally made up of local companies. The golf club leased the land from the limited company. The lease runs out in 2022 and the limited company has now sold the course to Homes England. Most of the limited company share holders are not members and are not interested in golf at all, the are mercenaries who sold out for the money involved. The club now has two years to run on its existing lease after which the club can stay on they land at an increase in rent ? Until homes England are given the go ahead to start building on the land at which point I believe the club will be given six months notice to vacate the land, with no where to go. Steve P
Shocking
Great video, our local municipal run course (Allestree park, Derby) is due to close 31st Dec with the council saying it's running at a loss, a great little course that always seems busy when we've been up there looks like it's going to be lost, such a shame and do have to wonder what will happen with the land in the future unless a miracle happens.
That is absolutely shocking the way people are treated, shocking!!!
It hurt to feel that older gentleman's sadness. I hate greed. I wish my British golfmates well.
Great video Liam - thank you.
After this devastation there is some decent news for Golf Mates . There is a channel that has took on the O.M.P. method of the 180 staying in control of your shots . It is definitely worth the watch . Experior Golf really did the "young" man proud !
I believe so
@@GolfMates I sincerely hope that this awful time is over soon . What I would not give to play a round of golf with the mates on my little home course of Lincoln Hills in Upper Sandusky Ohio .
Sad to see this. My old golf course Eccleston park has been closed by the local council and sold for houses.
Very sad
Such a shame Keith. Another decent course that ripped apart and sold off for profit.
Serco involved, no surprises there. I remember on a bike ride about 3-4 years ago we went up one of the side roads and came upon one of the landfill sites and had a walkaround. No-one believed that we were walking on a golf course, we thought Google Maps must have had it wrong.
Just found out today that Beacon Park had closed, absolutely gutted as it is one of my favourite courses, yeah the course wasn't well looked after but the layout was superb before they messed about with the 1st hole
It was a good course
Liam same happened with Bootle golf club in merseyside.
It started with promises of new driving range clubhouse in turn they brought a load of material to apparently form a plateau are for the new driving range clos
Close the old club house and never did anything else.
At least with the old club house the could have a sit down and beer after a game now they have nothing.
The members and visitors are the only losers it so so wrong
Liam since that lesson you had your golf has improved dramatically
Tony
Hi Liam - brilliant video and thoughts are with Alan and the rest his golfing friends. Perhaps this video should be used as a base to put pressure on those involved to get it sorted. Letters to MP's / Letter to Secretary of State for sport & the PM / Tell the local and national press / Tell the local and national radio and TV stations etc. We could be a great catalyst for this!!
Terrible shame. Hope someone listens
Outside Newark Ohio the state used immanent domain to cut through a golf course. They were widening the road from 2 lanes to 4 lanes. Not only did it effect the golf course it effect home owners not able to access to the road.
I remember when the pro here was David Clarke who has a number of Golf Shops in the Wigan area, it was played on by the golfers very early before the greens had settled tees bedded down, but was a good test of Golf. A great shame for the Golfing Community, typical West Lancs Council. really I think they are looking to sell off a lot of their Leisure Facilties. No forsight as far as I can see here....well done Liam for alerting the Golfing Community, without Leisure Facilities the Doctors Surgeries & Hospitals would be more full than they are now, scandalous. Tony Southport Lancs
Just wrong isn't it
Been doing work on the Beacon last year and this. New ditches etc to help manage the water issues. It's in much better shape now to be fair
Big business and corrupt officials covering up the wrong they're doing. And when you highlight that they try make you suffer and class you as a troublemaker. Alan deserves a better backing from the former members and the local council needs to be accountable. We'll done Liam for highlighting this.
I couldn't thumbs up because it is so sad. I couldn't thumbs down because it was such a good video. I am glad this is out so it can hopefully be dealt with properly. I know of a course in Southern California that got closed. the course was on a Air Force base. Great little par 3 course. when the base was closed the course remained open. After a couple of years the nearby city decided that it needed to be closed. It wasn't a drain to the city. the course was very popular. the problem was it was taking away from the city's long standing course. Now the course stands barren. No grass. It's all dirt. So sad. Completely abandoned.
Hi Liam. That is heartbreaking for the players and the community. Here in Brisbane, Victoria Park Golf Coarse which is a public coarse and right beside the city. A picturesque coarse with views and well maintained. In the Councils wisdom, they are closing it to create a parkland even though there is a parkland about 2 klm away. Go figure. Also the driving range I practice on has been sold to make way for a private school. $$$$$$
This is crazy, someone took the $ and ran. These types of videos are my favorite you do
So so sad, you can see the hurt on the poor blokes face. Heart goes out to him!
It is
Very sad to see this has been allowed to happen. Thank you sharing their story.