Shocked golf course bosses have told how a randy couple were caught having sex in a bunker during lockdown.
The Glenbervie course in Stirlingshire has shut to golfers during the pandemic – leaving locals to walk over the course.
But horrified bosses fear the course is being damaged by dog walkers, children on bikes – and even locals enjoying outdoor
love-making sessions.
Now bosses have asked members – who pay £1000 a year – to go on patrol to “scare off” anyone caught abusing the course.
One shocked club member, who didn’t want to be named, said: “It’s been open season on Glenbervie since the lockdown came in.
“Nobody minds people taking a stroll round the course but this isn’t Butlin’s.
“It’s frustrating that members aren’t even allowed to get their daily exercise by playing a round on their own in the fresh air yet you’ve got locals having sex in the bunkers. Where’s the social distancing in that?”
Chairman Ronnie Neil – in a newsletter sent on Sunday - revealed details of the outdoor love-making.
He told members of “a couple engaging in sexual relations within a bunker. (Yes, this was actually witnessed)”.
Outlining other bad behaviour, Ronnie wrote: “The club has received an increasing number of messages about unwanted
behaviour, including some resulting in damage to parts of the course.
“Examples include individuals playing the course over multiple evenings, individuals using the practice areas, bicycles being ridden over greens and using bunker lips as jump ramps.
“Dogs off their lead and being allowed to dig in bunkers and run across greens.”
He added: “Obviously, we would all like our course to be in as good a condition as possible when we reopen and acts like some of those listed above do not support this goal.”
Ronnie added: “I call upon those members who live near the course and who like to take a walk for their daily exercise to consider choosing a route that will include coverage over the golf course.
“I would stress, however, that the board do not want members to confront rule-breakers and vandals. Hopefully, your mere presence will scare off these individuals and stop their behaviour.”
The 18-hole championship course stretches out over parkland between the town of Larbert and the village of Torwood.
Opened in 1932, the 6500-yard, par-71 course lies beside the five-star Glenbervie House Hotel and boasts a stunning vista of the Ochil Hills.
Nobody from the club was available for comment.
