I was delighted to read that common sense has apparently prevailed with Sport Scotland finally awarding the Isle of Harris Golf Club in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland £64,000 to assist them in the improving of their golf course. This is a golf course that Nick Faldo, who played the course in the early Nineties before heading for the US Masters, described as “one of the most beautiful settings for golf” and a “paradise” on a fine day. The members still annually play for the “Faldo Fiver”.
Astonishingly, although this community club which plays an extremely important role in island life, had satisfied all other criteria for sportscotland funding, they were earlier denied it simply because the course, in common with many facilities on the Isle of Harris, was closed on a Sunday to mark the widely religious belief on the island that the Sabbath should be duly recognized. Bizzarely, the politically correct animals at Sport Scotland took the view this meant the club was not “equally available to all” and accordingly denied the application. But finally, some 18 months later, sense at last!
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