The Government has been urged to rethink plans to close sports facilities such as golf courses as part of new coronavirus lockdown restrictions. Stricter measures are set to come into force from Thursday in an effort to limit the spread of the virus, and will include indoor and outdoor sports facilities such as driving ranges being ordered to close. Julian Knight, the chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee, believes the approach is wrong. Today I was in touch with the Minister for Sport to request that the blanket ban on sports like tennis & golf be lifted. The chief executive of England Golf, Jeremy Tomlinson, said in a letter that his organisation had not been consulted over the new restrictions and that closing golf facilities would be “counter-productive”.

Source: Express November 02, 2020 12:00 UTC