\n Steven McKinney, along with his friend Edward Montgomery and other volunteers, have currently cut 15 holes on the course.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Steven says the team initially decided to cut some of the holes so they had somewhere to practice.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
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\n Edward Montgomery and Steven McKinney pictured at Linn Park Golf Club (Image: Colin Mearns)\n<\/p>\n
\n He told the Glasgow Times: “We didn\u2019t have anywhere to go to have a hit about and we had to join clubs that were quite far away.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n “When that was on our doorstep, we could just get in there and practice, so we thought we\u2019d just get in down there and cut a couple of holes to give us somewhere to mess about.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n “After we cut a few we just thought why not cut the rest of them and it just snowballed from there.”\n<\/p>\n
\n He continued: “The course is still very rough because it’s not had any work done on it for about four years, and the Green\u2019s in a hell of a state.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n “We started off cutting greens and tees because we didn\u2019t have machinery big enough to do fairways.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n “Then a gentleman called Chris McLaughlin from CM Landscaping came up off his back and cut the fairways down so it actually looks like a golf course today.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Edward Montgomery and Steven McKinney pictured at Linn Park Golf Club (Image: Colin Mearns)\n<\/p>\n
\n Glasgow City Council<\/a> closed Linn Park Golf Course in March 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic and has not reopened it since.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n Steven, who was a member for more than 20 years, says it was like losing “a member of the family” when the club closed.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n The 47-year-old said: “It was a mixture of young people and old people who used the course.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n “There were people actively playing golf every day before they shut that and there\u2019s members who just turned into old men [not being able to use it].”\n<\/p>\n \n The group shared a picture of their work on the course on Facebook, where Steven says their work was met with a positive response from locals.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n READ NEXT:\n<\/p>\n \n \n At the end of March, a GoFundMe was launched to raise funds to buy equipment to keep the course playable\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n More than \u00a33800 has been raised so far, with Steven saying they have now purchased a ride-on lawn mower so they can cut the courses’ semi-roughs and fairways, and they also have a trailer and other lawnmowers.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n Steven, from Castlemilk, says the course has been “chock-a-block” with people out playing golf.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n He said: “The response has been nothing but positive, everybody\u2019s been right behind us.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n “We\u2019ve been astounded by the level of support people have shown us.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n “The community\u2019s come together basically and opened a golf course again.”\n<\/p>\n \n Edward Montgomery and Steven McKinney pictured at Linn Park Golf Club (Image: Colin Mearns)\n<\/p>\n
Edward Montgomery and Steven McKinney pictured at Linn Park Golf Club (Image: Colin Mearns)\n<\/p>\n