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The Golf‑X venue in Ayr will be allowed to serve alcohol alongside its golf simulator after bosses addressed concerns, including that golf clubs could potentially be used as weapons. ‌

In August, councillors had raised concerns around the potential safety risk of having golf clubs around those drinking alcohol without supervision. ‌

The venue’s representative Robert Honeyman had told them that they could mitigate the risk, but couldn’t guarantee there would be no risk. ‌

That led to the decision being delayed to allow officials to work with the venue to address those concerns.

Following a visit to the Arthur Street venue earlier this week, where the layout of the premises and proposed safeguards were explained, on Thursday councillors gave Golf-X the go ahead to se

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