Seal pup found on Cornish course

Early on Sunday morning a novice green keeper at West Cornwall Golf Club discovered that a seal pup had found its way onto the golf course.

It had rolled onto its back and become stuck in a hollow adjacent to the sixth Green.

"Our long established group of green keepers are used to dealing with all manner of unusual events in the day to day management of the course here at West Cornwall but this Sunday produced a circumstance more unusual than normal," said a spokesman for West Cornwall Golf Club.

“Early on Sunday morning our youngest green keeper and newest recruit Gavin felt the need to ring his boss course manager Keith Kemp. 'What's the problem' enquired Keith, 'and what on earth is making that dreadful screaming noise' - Gavin responded by telling him: 'it's a seal pup'."

Mr Kemp rushed to the course immediately to be confronted by the young bemused Green keeper and an angry seal pup.

Mr Kemp decided to call the experts from the Maritime Animal Response Team who arrived on the scene very quickly.

The pup was approximately five weeks old and in good health despite its ordeal.

"With expert and careful handling the pup was transported back to the beach and gently released back into its natural environment," said the spokesman.

"An unusual circumstance and one that we thought might be of interest to members – we even took a picture of the intrepid little chap prior to his happy release.”

West Cornwall Golf Club

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