New Wentworth Row Surfaces! Residents Vs. European Tour
/The world's top first world dispute continues in a new form, with residents of Wentworth battling BMW PGA Championship organizers over feels paid for use of land around the course now owned by a wealthy third party.
Robert Mendick of The Telegraph reports on the latest row involving the home of the European Tour's flagship event.
Currently, the European Tour, which organises the tournament, pays just £14,000 a year for the right to use the land for the golf tournament.
But the Wentworth Estate Roads Committee (WERC), which runs the private estate on behalf of residents through an act of parliament, wants in the region of £300,000 a year.
It made clear that the Wentworth Club membership dispute had soured relations and prompted the new wrangle.
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The WERC has deployed security teams who have blocked the bridges from being built. The refusal to allow the bridges could make broadcasting the event impossible.
The residents’ committee has also officially complained that advertising and sponsorship hoardings are being put up without the necessary permission and that the event has become too big and causes too much disruption.