And as a result, the Worcester business has been closed since 7 February, which has meant no money has been able to go into the range.

Mr Kibblewhite said Worcester Golf Range would “bounce back”, but they would need a “miracle” to open again in February.

Asked when the business would reopen and what needed to happen, he explained: “There’s no set time really. We’re looking at two weeks now, and our record time of reopening is 13 days, but this flood will be far surpassing that.

“First and foremost, the water needs to go down, and it sort of goes down in patches. There is quite a large patch of grass in the middle, obviously nowhere near enough for golf balls to be collected.

“Then the ground itself needs to dry up, which again takes a bit of time.”

He also said debris would need to be removed, and each golf ball would then need to be picked up and washed by hand to avoid using machinery on the wet ground.

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