Redditch Golf Club in Worcestershire has also been targeted by badgers and said areas under irrigation were particularly affected.
“With the current drought, the surrounding ground is extremely dry, so watered areas remain softer and provide a valuable source of moisture and food,” a club spokesman said. “This is attracting wildlife such as badgers, foxes and birds, which are digging for grubs and other food sources.”
Jim Croxton, the chief executive of the British and International Golf Greenkeeping Association, said the badgers were looking for chafer grubs, the root-eating larvae of chafer beetles.
“Badgers generally dig turf to find food and August is the beginning of the period when chafer grubs are generally present,” he said.
“They would be more likely to be present in damper turf than dried out turf as they have the moisture to develop.”
Last month, Britain endured the driest July since records began in 1836.
The Met Office said on Tuesday that this summer was on course to beat 1976 and become the hottest ever.
It is “increasingly likely” that 2026 will surpass the long, hot summer of 50 years ago and record the highest average daily maximum temperatures in history, it said.
The forecaster said that drought conditions and high temperatures of up to 38C (100F) would see the summer also record the highest ever average temperature.