Submitted on Sunday 19th April 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 26th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Reopen all golf courses immediately.
Since April 17th and in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak England Golf has annnounced that all golf courses should close.
This has brought financial hardship and possible insolvency to golf clubs and has denied golfers their recreation.
There is no public health justification for this ban.
It is absurd that ramblers with dogs can currently use a golf course for recration but golfers cannot have "a good walk spoiled". What is the difference from a public health point of view?
Golf courses should reopen immediately if necessary with restriction on size of groups or age, use of flagsticks, or medical vulnerability of players to COVID base on non-biased population sample studies.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Since you started your petition the Government has announced that golf courses in England can re-open.
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: www.gov.uk/coronavirus
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
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