Golf courses reopened on Monday after the lifting of Covid-19 lockdown restrictionsTwo of Ireland’s leading links courses have hit out at Golf Ireland’s decision to limit the return to golf to “members only”. “But the same people, they say, cannot play on a guest fee!”The restriction to members only has also been greeted with dismay in Ballyliffin whose General Manager, John Farren, insists Golf Ireland has “serious questions to answer.”“Have Golf Ireland been acting in the best interests of clubs?” Mr Farren asked. “Saying they were protecting members playing rights is a feeble attempt to cover up their misrepresentation of government regulations and trying to enforce unnecessary restrictions on clubs who, it seems now, had every legal right to accept visitors. "They had no right to attempt to withhold this information from clubs who have the the sole authority on decisions regarding access to their facilities within the law. "It seems to have been an attempt to drive membership of clubs and the resultant affiliation fees to Golf Ireland."

Source: Irish Independent April 27, 2021 21:33 UTC