Back to the reader comments. Is there a backlash against golf in BI or is this a distorted view I am getting of the general public's view of golf in BI.
In England certainly, there is a common view that golf is game for wealthy businessmen doing shady deals out on the course with their buddies. Golf - and particularly golf clubs - has an unfortunate image similar to that of Freemasonry; for this reason it does attract a certain antipathy from a large section of society.
I was always led to believe however, that the situation in Scotland was different, and that golf was more a game of the common man. If that is true, it makes some of these comments a little puzzling.
As for the bridge, I guess the truth is that the argument that preserving a golf hole is more important than a bridge just isn't going to win. Either come up with a better case or accept it and get over it, Melvyn.
Hazel Grove GC had an excellent and mostly original Mackenzie course until the mid 80's when half the course was taken by the government for a road scheme, forcing the club to buy other adjacent land and rebuild the course.
Guess what...
...the road was never built and some very fine MacKenzie holes lie abandoned and overgrown to this day.