Mindless vandals have destroyed months of hard work by greens keepers at Southport Golf Academy.
Shocked staff were left furious and heartbroken after discovering a group of tons had driven into the course at the Leisure Lakes in Mere Brow and ripped up a large part of the painstakingly maintained fairway.
A spokesperson for the academy said “So you spend all day on the golf course every day since closing, ensuring that all essential maintenance is taken care of, in order to present the best possible facility for our users when we re-open, and someone thinks this is a fun idea.
“Not only is this moronic at the best of times, to do it in view of staff working on the course requires a different level of idiocy. With 12 weeks of closures (most of which in peak golfing season) 2020, as for most, has been a tough year.
“Despite its challenges, staff have worked tirelessly (often behind the scenes) to deliver a quality environment for everyone to enjoy golf. We must admit that for someone to show such a low level of respect for that work, it stings.
“Rest assured though, it will get repaired (3 and a half more weeks closed has some benefits), along with all of the other work that normally disrupts the playability of the course this time of year, meaning nothing to get in the way of welcoming golfers back in December!
“Somewhat annoyingly, if the course wasn’t so dry, they may have gotten stuck. Can’t have it all ways I guess!”
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