Letter From Sydney

Prime position: Some Aussie golf courses to make way for public parks

A new densely populated apartment block district in Sydney now sits beside the Moore Park golf course. ST PHOTO: JONATHAN PEARLMAN
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SYDNEY – On an unseasonably cold morning in Sydney this week, Mr Boonchu Zaelent shrugged off the rain and gusty winds to join his friends for a round of golf at an inner-city course at which he has played for 35 years.

But his days at the club may soon be over.

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