They first appeared on Sunday, remembers President Philip Marshall, though he tells CNN Sport the club “has no idea where they came from.”
“One of our golfers saw these pigs on the course and tried to drive them away and he hurt his leg and had to go to A&E for a shot,” Marshall said. “And they then disappeared, so we thought they were gone.
“On Tuesday, they reappeared, and they dug the 18th green, the first tee and then the director of our Head Green tried to remove one of them and it turned on him and it bit his leg. So He had to go and have a tetanus jab but he’s fine. And he actually had a hole this (Thursday) morning! So no side effects for him.”
Although Marshall described the injuries as minor cuts, the two went to the emergency room as a precaution because of injuries caused by a wild animal.
‘Obviously dangerous’
Because members of the golf club were unable to raise the pigs, it was a matter of preventing damage and waiting for outside help.
Marshall says he called the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) and the local police. Police said it was not their jurisdiction to come to collect the pigs and that the RSPCA would come and help, but they were “too pulled over.”
“What happened was that I was there for most of the day until evening, and we managed to get them to the farthest corner of the course,” Marshall explains.
“So we took them to the corner of the course and left them there. We couldn’t approach them, we closed the course because they’re obviously dangerous.
“They ended up on the side road outside the golf club on Tuesday night. They were put in transporters and taken away. We don’t know where they are from or what happened to them.”
Lightcliff has since reopened to the public and is offering an added bonus to anyone who signs up to play.
“Anyone who books online and comes and plays, we’re offering a free bacon sandwich,” Marshall said.
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