JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist To Open Five-Star Golf Course In U.K.

April 28, 2009

U.K.'s BirminghamPost.net reports that JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing is piling a big part of his fortune into a magnificent golf course around the mansion he bought near Bridgnorth.

K.K. bought Astbury Hall, five miles outside Bridgnorth, in the most beautiful Shropshire countryside you could imagine.

That was in 1985 and the 300-acre estate supported a large herd of prime milking cows.

But whenever K.K.'s eyes roved the rolling land outside his lounge window he dreamed of creating a golf course of a quality to match his own meticulous standards.

"I've played golf all over the world on some of the best golf courses and I want a course to match those," he said.

"I'm not after the £20-a-day-including-lunch market. It takes a lot of money, and I mean a lot of money, to provide a great golf course but as long as I can attract enough money to pay for it I'll be happy."

"I'm not cutting corners. I'm aiming at golfers who are passionate about the game and appreciate five-star golf and a five-star clubhouse."

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