MASSLIVE | Golf course owners in Massachusetts convinced Baker administration to allow them to reopen during coronavirus pandemic citing safety, not economics
Thursday, May 7, 2020
While golf was deemed non-essential in Massachusetts, patrons teed up drivers and sank putts at David Southworth’s properties in Virginia, the Bahamas and Scotland amid the coronavirus pandemic.
In the weeks of discussion leading up to Thursday’s decision by state officials to allow golf courses to reopen, Southworth brought a unique perspective to the conversation.