THE captain of a popular Mid Wales golf club says its closure will be 'a massive loss' to the community and the region.

Summerhill Golf Club, near Hay-on-Wye, has been earmarked for closure in March 2014 by its owners Elizabeth Haycox and Paul Greatbatch, and club captain Martin Thomas admits the news has really landed in the rough with many local golfers and he claims the decision is hugely damaging to the club's thriving membership of 200.

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