Some golf estates opened their course for play. They’ve now been told to cut it out – or else
Residential golf estates have been warned to keep players off their courses or see them arrested – even thought it is not entirely clear that golfing itself is illegal under current rules, and while the entire sport is expected to be explicitly unbanned soon.
In a letter on Friday, and since confirmed by player representative body GolfRSA, the department of sport, arts, and culture said golf estates must be told to “desist from resuming any golf activities” until the government has published rules under which golf may be played again.
“Whilst we fully understand the impact that the pandemic is having on your code of sport and the sporting sector as a whole, we must, however be reminded, that the safety and protection of human life at this time is of paramount importance,” wrote the department’s director-general, Vusumusi Mkhize.