Wentworth row shows why some Eurosceptics may end up in the rough

Chinese owners’ plans for golf club put talk of asserting UK ‘sovereignty’ into context, and are a reminder that a rampant free market eventually affects rich voters too

Have you been following the row over the future of Wentworth, the very grand golf club in affluent Surrey? No, I don’t play golf either, but stick around. The new Chinese owners have plans for the 18-hole course that put silly Eurosceptic talk about asserting British “sovereignty” into a sensible context.

As the Guardian reported at the time, Wentworth was sold by Richard Caring (the self-made entrepreneur’s cuttings suggests he may deserve Tatler’s snooty “Blofeld” label) to a Chinese consortium misleadingly called Reignwood Investments in 2014.

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