Less wealthy golfers

Less wealthy golfers

MANILA (AFP): A government committee looking into the proliferation of golf courses in the Philippines has warned prospective developers that they must allow access to less wealthy players, a newspaper reported here yesterday.

"Let us remove the perception that golf is an elitist game," the Manila Times newspaper quoted Environment Undersecretary Virgilio Marcelo, head of the committee, as saying.

The committee was created amid concerns that the construction of golf courses was taking over agricultural land and causing environmental damage.