Reopen all golf courses immediately.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

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.

Why it was rejected

The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.

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: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

Timeline

19 Apr 2020	Petition opened for signatures
26 May 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 26 May 2020

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