One-legged golfer sues council over course ban

Amputee Paul Houghton takes legal action after council-run course bars his electric cart

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A one-legged golfer is suing his local council after he was barred from bringing his motorised buggy onto a council-run golf course because he did not have a written letter from a doctor.

Paul Houghton, who has represented England in more than a dozen tournaments, says he was “absolutely humiliated” when employees at Hartswood Golf Club in Brentwood prevented him from playing a pre-booked round of a golf with a friend.

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