If the media want to champion an issue in sport they could do worse than look at the disappearance of sportsfields for redevelopment


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great peril such as Birkrigg Stone Circle in Cumbria, which dates from between 1700 and 1400BC. Known as the Druid’s Circle, it overlooks Morecambe Bay. The thirty-one stones are under threat from encroaching bracken and paint-spraying vandals. Also at risk is the Salcombe Cannon Site in Devon, where a shipwreck yielded a treasure trove of gold coins now held at the British Museum. Last year the site was severely damaged by a fishing vessel. Thanks Patrick, but what on earth does that have to do with golf courses? I really don’t think I’m going to find a trawler on the 7th fairway of my home course! English Heritage do a fine job of


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preserving our national treasures. They may, on occasions, appear to be over zealous but, without them, and their allies the National Trust, Scottish Natural Heritage and the like, the United Kingdom would be a much poorer place. Misquoting them, and indeed, ignoring


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essential facts, does not help their cause, or in this instance, the image of golf. If the media want to champion an issue in sport they could do worse than look at the disappearance of sportsfields for redevelopment and campaign to make sport more accessible to everyone. But, perhaps, that would be too much like hard work, especially when the soft target of golf is always there to take a pop at!


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