Golf organisers take a swing at civil liberties

SINCE when have the Ryder Cup organisers become a state within a state?

Mon, 25 Sep, 2006 - 01:00

As well as asking for a passport, some of their other intrusive demands bordered on an infringement of our civil liberties. Will they be the first golf tournament in history to be referred to Amnesty International?

Keith Nolan

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