Mystery as body found in lake at top golf course near Brands Hatch motor racing circuit
A BODY has been found in a lake at a top golf course near the Brands Hatch motor racing circuit.
Cops were called to the London Golf Club in Kent at around 2.45pm on September 4 after the 34-year-old man was found dead in the pond.
It is not yet known when his body went into the water at the golf course near Brands Hatch.
Kent Online reports that the man was a Polish national attending a wedding – and could have been in the water for two months.
London Golf Club played host to some of the world’s top players including Darren Clarke and Padraig Harrington in a European Tour competition at the course back in 2008.
A police spokesman said: “Kent Police was called to a report that a body had been seen in water near West Kingsdown.
“Officers and ambulance crews attended the location, which was close to a public footpath and part of land connected to the London Golf Club.
“A 34-year-old man was confirmed deceased at the scene and his next of kin have been informed.
“A post-mortem examination has since taken place and the death is not being treated as suspicious.”
Stirling Moss and other top drivers were regulars at nearby Brand’s Hatch when it staged a string of British Grand Prix meetings between 1964 and 1986.