COWDENBEATH Golf Club is offering FREE membership to NHS workers in recognition of the selfless work being done by the country's frontline health services during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Dora Course based club has made the pledge - subject to member approval - as the crisis continues to spread across the county.

In Fife more than 120 people have tested positive for COVID-19, with two having died from the condition.

The following was posted on the club's Facebook page: "As a token of its appreciation for the men and women battling day and night, seven days a week, Cowdenbeath intends to make memberships for all NHS workers completely free until the end of the 2021/22 season.

"The above offer is for club membership and will need to be approved at an EGM by our members. This is not possible at this time, due to the coronavirus situation, but the response so far has been overwhelmingly positive.

"Adult membership this year is due to cost £120. This allows entry into all competitions, an official handicap and use of the clubhouse facilities.

"A green fee ticket from Fife Golf Trust is required to play the course. NHS ID will be required when joining the club. Membership applications will be taken once we know when the season will get back underway".

The Dora was originally built as a 9 hole course on the old Dora Coal opencast mine site. Work began in 1988 and the course was completed and ready for play in 1991 when the yardage was 3,315.

The course was extended to 18 holes and opened by Sir Michael Bonallack in 1996. The length of the course is now 6,207 yards with a standard scratch score of 71.

A new clubhouse was built, with disabled access, and officially opened on December 6 1998, by Ex-Provost James Cameron, of Dunfermline District Council, which had pioneered turning the pit spoil into a course. Mr Cameron had opened the first clubhouse way back in 1991.

In 2018 the clubhouse, off Seco Place, was refurbished and is an excellent facility.