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Golfers spotted flouting lockdown on Scots course near coronavirus testing centre

Golfers flouted lockdown rules at the weekend by playing a round at a leisure club where a mobile testing centre for Covid-19 has been set up.

Players were spotted on the greens at Xcite in Bathgate, West Lothian, days after the Army started providing tests for key workers who are ­self-isolating.

Golf courses were shut to the public on March 23.

The national governing body Scottish Golf was forced to urge folk to stay away.

However, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is expected to reveal plans for easing Scotland’s lockdown exit as early as Tuesday – with sports such as golf, tennis and fishing to be allowed again.

The nine-hole Xcite course, owned by West Lothian Leisure, is not officially open.

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