Action to stop ‘stream of golf balls’

WAYWARD shots have left residents living by a golf course donning hard hats while gardening, it has been claimed.

The claim was made by a resident of a new development which is adjacent to a hole at Morriston Golf Club, Swansea.

Protective netting has been installed between new bungalows in Coed Cae Bach and the fourth hole – and now developer Edenstone Homes has been given permission by Swansea council to increase the netting’s height from eight metres to up to 15m.

In a planning report, council officers referred to a letter from a Coed Cae Bach resident, who claimed the owners of one bungalow on the road had faced a “constant stream of golf balls” which had broken tiles and dented fascia boards.

The letter also claimed that a wayward shot had struck a resident on the hand, with other near misses leading to hard hats being worn while gardening.

It was only a matter of time, added the letter, before someone was seriously hurt.

The bungalows form the first phase of a 330-home scheme called Parc Ceirw, part of which is at the former Cwmrhydyceirw quarry.

Morriston Golf Club has been in existence for 100 years and is open to non-members. The protective netting and posts are on its land.

A spokesman for the club said: “We are working in conjunction with Edenstone Homes to agree with everything that they have done to protect bungalows from wayward golf balls. We want to get on with all our neighbours.”