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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
George Morgan

Golf course ‘vandalised’ more than ever before after closure

A Wirral golf course has been vandalised to an extent never seen before according to a senior member.

Brackenwood Golf Course, in Bebington, closed at the end of last month after Wirral Council withdrew its funding for the course to help close its major budget deficit. Golfers are trying to save the course by getting in a new operator to run it, but many worried it would be vandalised if it closed down for any period of time.

Although the ECHO cannot confirm the cause of the damage reported by golfers, it is clear the condition of the course has taken a hit. Keith Marsh, secretary of the men’s section at the club, said: “It is worrying if this continues.

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