Why close off lands around golf courses?

DONAL HICKEY, in his report on planning controversies over caravan parks in Castlegregory, Co Kerry, says there are moves to build two golf courses on 740 acres of a sandy peninsula there (Irish Examiner, October 5).

This will then be closed to the public forever - just like the Old Head of Kinsale.

As a golfer, I have no problem with the construction of two courses, which will occupy some 360 acres, but I do regret the fact that the remaining 380 acres will also be closed off, with access path to beach only.