Mark Kennelly: 'We are looking at an overall decline in green fee revenue of about €30m alone'

Coloured tape marks a boundary on the fairway of the fourth hole at the Bremer Switzerland Golf Club during the coronavirus crisis on May 6, 2020 in Bremen, Germany. The club's golf course straddles the boundary between the states of Bremen and Lower Saxony, which has meant that, due to the varying lockdown measures imposed by authorities in each state, the Bremen side of the golf course is open for play while the Lower Saxony side, which includes most of the holes, is closed and off limits.

In the second of our series with Ireland's sporting leaders, Mark Kennelly, CEO of Golf Ireland, discusses the challenges posed by the current crisis and the opportunity that comes with the game's return to play on May 18.

What was the moment you realised this was a challenge on an entirely different scale?