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Podcast: Money Matters with Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian
Episode: The Big Story: Teeing off on uncertainty - What the loss of golf courses in Singapore signal for players and clubs
Description: In the coming decade, six golf courses across the island are set to close, making way for housing and urban redevelopment. That includes Mandai Executive Golf Course — the country’s only public 9-hole facility — which will shut its gates by the end of 2026. In its place? New residential projects and an Outdoor Adventure Learning Centre. Supporters say this is a necessary trade-off in a land-scarce city where housing needs are growing. Critics argue it marks the slow erosion of public access to a sport already seen as elite and exclusive. So what does this shrinking golf f...