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Golf may become an exclusive sport in Singapore, warns community

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There are concerns over the lack of public access to facilities with Mandai the sole venue left till end-2026.

At the age of five, he convinced his father to enrol him into KinderGolf, a kids golf academy at AMK Hub shopping mall. In the small shop unit, he practised striking balls into a hitting net and gradually, his love for the sport blossomed.

. But with Mandai the sole public golf facility left as of end-2024, the dearth of such venues here has caused dismay among the fraternity, including professional and recreational golfers, coaches and officials. “Normally people start on public courses because it’s the most accessible ... it will really be quite bad to their development.

“Without Mandai, there will be only Keppel left. But they can take in only half of their capacity for the public. The demand is still there but the supply is reducing.”Dalston Koh, who runs SG Golf Coach Academy at Mandai, currently coaches about 120 juniors. He expects that number to more than halve when it eventually closes.

After all, Phua began his golfing journey at Toa Payoh Golf Range, which ceased operations in 2018. Without an accessible platform to learn golf, Phua said he may not have picked it up.

 

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