Funding vital work at North Inch Golf Course

Now, however, 50,000 is set to be invested in the course over the next two years in a move that should secure its future.

Its reputation has gradually faded over the years and its condition deteriorated, until parts of the course were finally turned into a flood plain to protect parts of the city from bad weather.

Over the next two years, the investment will see drainage improved on five particularly badly affected holes, while the ditch that runs across the course will be dredged to reduce flooding.

Perth and Kinross Council has been looking to offload or at least share esponsibility for the 18-hole course for some years.

Golfers feared that decision would signal the death knell for the course, but the new funding identified within the new Perth and Kinross Council budget signals that the local authority remains committed to golf on the parklands.