GoogleA golf course close to Glasgow that earned the help of main winners Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Rose is to shut over funding points.
West Dunbartonshire Council mentioned it may now not afford to subsidise Dalmuir Golf Course after a gentle decline in membership.
The native authority introduced the choice as a part of a package deal to shut a £7.7m funding hole, which included an 11.5% improve in council tax.
Greater than 3,500 folks had signed a petition to maintain the course open, arguing that closure would lower off a approach for working class folks to become involved the game.
The council mentioned it might discover alternatives for the course to be handed into the arms of the local people by way of an asset switch.
It mentioned it spent about £145,000 subsidising the course within the final yr, equating to about £805 per member.
A spokeswoman for the council mentioned: “Regardless of vital efforts, regrettably membership and utilization of Dalmuir Golf Course has continued to say no.
“Our price range hole for 2025/26 was £7.7m and we anticipate additional monetary challenges in coming years so we should prioritise safety of the important providers we offer to residents together with schooling, housing and citizen help.”
Two-time US open champion DeChambeau appeared in a video posted by long-time tour caddie Craig Connelly on X.
The foremost winner stressed the importance a club can have in the community the place Connelly lives.
A variety of different world-class golfers together with Rose, Paul McGinley, Luke Donald and Robert MacIntyre also gave their backing for the course to remain open.
The course was saved from closure final yr and it’s house to various golf equipment within the space together with Clydeview Cleddans, Clydebank Overtoun, Kilbowie and Radnor golf golf equipment.
‘Wasteland’ worry
Councillors weighed up numerous choices, together with whether or not to extend membership prices, scale back the course to 12 holes or shut it fully, earlier than coming to a choice.
Funding for the Loch Lomond Highland Video games was additionally eliminated as a part of the cash saving measures.
Gerry Smith, who launched the petition for the course to stay open, mentioned previous to the choice {that a} group asset switch could be checked out for the course – which might let the local people take it over.
Craig McLaren, of Clydebank and Overtoun Golf Membership, mentioned locals feared the world may turn out to be a “wasteland” if it closed.
He added that the course had “gone downhill” lately and that West Dunbartonshire Council had not managed to do minor duties similar to updating the course’s web site with appropriate data.
