{"id":654314,"date":"2026-06-23T16:51:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/654314\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T16:51:22","slug":"cafe-at-historic-isle-of-wight-golf-attraction-browns-golf-closes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/654314\/","title":{"rendered":"Cafe at historic Isle of Wight golf attraction Browns Golf closes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Paul Saville, who runs Browns Golf on Culver Parade in Sandown, said the main cafe at the attraction will not reopen.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In an emotional statement, he said he had poured his &#8216;heart, soul, time and energy into trying to keep the cafe going&#8217;, but could not provide stable employment to his member of staff.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Although the cafe will not reopen, the golf course and shop remain in operation and the venue will be available to hire for events.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Paul said: &#8220;We will continue trying new ideas throughout the summer, including barbecues outside the golf shop and other community events. I still believe there are good days ahead.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Thank you to everyone who supported the cafe, walked through the doors, shared a laugh, had a coffee, or simply believed in what we were trying to create.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;You will never know how much that meant to me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Browns Golf in Sandown was established in 1932 and its course was designed by Sir Henry Cotton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul Saville, who runs Browns Golf on Culver Parade in Sandown, said the main cafe at the attraction&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-654314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}