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Ayrshire golf club ready to come out swinging after lockdown left it on brink

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Irvine Ravenspark Golf Club is ready to come out swinging after the coronavirus lockdown threatened to leave them teetering on a financial cliff edge.The 113-year-old municipal club is poised to reopen on June 5 after the Scottish Government relaxed restrictions on non-contact sports.And Ravenspark captain Colin McKinnon this week insisted that date can’t come quick enough as he admitted they were just a month away from a potential disaster.Now he’s hoping members, past and present, and casual golfers will back the club in healthy numbers to ease them back out of the crisis.He said: “Not many clubs have escaped the effects of lockdown — and we’re no different. "We weren’t in the best position to begin with and it’s fair to say if this had

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