Golf clubs land in the rough

The government is cracking down on illegally constructed courses in an attempt to promote environmental protection and regulate the industry, report Cao Yin in Beijing and Chen Hong in Shenzhen, Guangdong.

Mr Sun, a senior administrator at a golf club in Beijing, has no idea if he will still have a job in March because the club is the subject of an official investigation and faces closure.

"I heard the Beijing government is investigating all the golf courses in the capital, and any found to have been built illegally will be closed," said Sun, who declined to give his full name.