Golf too 'tiring' for Bristol men

Bristol's golf-mad rugby players have been told they must use buggies if they go out on the fairways. The Courage League First Division club are worried that their 30-man professional squad is in danger of becoming too "tired" from walking around golf courses.

"We've got no problems with the guys playing golf," Mark Tainton, Bristol's rugby development manager, said. "But we are worried about them getting tired between training sessions, so we've insisted they use buggies to travel around in. Otherwise, it is a four-hour walk. Courses without buggies are no-go areas."