Golf club ban for Chinese Communist Party members

88million members will be on the end of the latest party discipline rules.

Golf club ban for Chinese Communist Party members

Around 88million members will be unable to join clubs after the party moved to stop members from "using membership cards for gyms, clubs, golf clubs or various other types of consumer cards, or entering private clubs", according to the BBC.

In 2004, there was a ban on the building of courses, but it's not clear whether the ban was enforced fully or not.

It was also thought that golf was damaging the country's ecosystems, according to environmentalists.

A golf equipment store owner told Reuters : "This year, things are even more dismal. With our regular revenues we can no longer make ends meet.

"In other countries golf is more about the sport, here it's about the social interaction. If a company boss can't play with a government official, there's little point in him spending his money."

Liang Wen-chong, who competed in this year's Open Championship at the Old Course, is the second highest player in the rankings at no. 187.

During the regular European Tour season there are two back-to-back events in China, the Shenzhen International and the Volvo China Open. China also hosts two of the tour's Final Series events, the WGC-HSBC Champions event and the BMW Masters.

Will Medlock graduated from UEA with a degree in Film and Television before completing a Masters in Sports Journalism at St Mary's in London. Will has had work published by The Independent and the Rugby Paper.