Michigan golf courses in Washtenaw county following rules - social distancing and no carts except for handicapped . Courses in neighboring counties are allowing carts! Golf courses following rules losing business in a big way. Others warned but will not use rules. Some of these beautiful courses cannot survive if this continues!! HELP!!!
Our governor Inslee in Washington is so far behind the ball, we have counties that are data shows on the down side and won’t let them make the decision to open up golf Coarse’s. It should be up to the counties not our governor! It’s so obvious golf Coarse’s are safer than most side walks, beaches and parks, but they’re open? I don’t get it! Vote Inslee out of office!
EVERY golf course is closed in Canada. While I agree that this is terrible economically for golf course owners & their staff, so is the toll that COVID-19 is taking on the health and lives of people everywhere. I own a business that has taken a substantial hit. I have had to lay off employees and will have to endure the uncertainty of what normal will be much later (and worry if my business will be part of the 1 in 3 small businesses in Ontario that will not be able to re-open later). I would normally be out golfing today like millions of others. Instead, I am at home looking forward to the day I will be able to golf again. If I have to choose between possibly dying and golfing, my personal decision is easy. Did I mention that I am in a high risk group as I have diabetes? I respect everyone else's opinion, but common sense must prevail until the day we can play the game we all love again.
So glad I live in Florida where we have common sense. One golfer per cart, don't touch the flag stick. No raking of the bunkers, not so much, but I can live with it. No clubhouse to get a drink to celebrate that great round of golf, but what the heck. We are in the sunshine enjoying what we do. It's going to be hard giving up the one person per cart. Really enjoying that.
Shame Courses are close up North. This are different south of Mason Dixon. Alot of sanitizing, singles in carts, more walking, and practicing distancing... togos at turn, and solid pace of play.
Thought! What if, Tiger and Phil had Team's when they play... Team Tiger, Team Phil, and maybe Team PGA, LPGA, Senior Super Senior Teams. Pros Play their chosen Courses, we play ours to Raise Funds for Corona Virus Families, Courses Struggling and Covid -19 Research/Development. Sign up Sponsors, play against each other, have fun, raise $$$$$$$$, get some fresh air comrades, twitter, TicTok, SnapChat, YouTube your highlights... Score via GolfNow, Golf Genius.
Thoughts???
New York ordered golf course workers stay home. It did not explicitly ban golfing. Most clubs took this as a “no access” order, however the Metropolitan Section - the ruling committee for local golf, issued a statement that clubs should OPEN their gates to their members for walking and golf according to safety procedures (one group of max 2 people per hole, only people from the same household may play together). Greens keepers must be freaking out - greens can be lost fast depending on weather. This could cost clubs MILLIONS in repairs, and could cause some courses to fail. The risk of having a handful of workers maintaining crucial areas early in the morning on an empty course is ZERO. The risk of play separated by hundreds of yards is ZERO. The politics of class warfare is always attractive. Rich white folks shouldn’t be allowed to play while poor people suffer. That is the only message forcing closures and disallowing maintenance work sends. I see town workers out on the roads. No layoffs or furloughs for the public unions. Funny that,
In Wis. they allowed hunting and fishing to continue so DNR did not have to make refunds of License money. When sitting in a boat, you definitely can not maintain the 6 ft. distance requirement any different than being on a golf course.
One one hand, it's the government officials opening to succor their lust for use of power.
Doubt me? Here in NM, the Chicken Little gov decided TENNIS is OK as well as the dog walkers, joggers, hikers, etc. BUTT a Big NO for golfers. IF you believe there is logical congruence between tennis and golf as far as 'contact' and 'social distancing', sports is just not your thing. NO ONE touches my ball(s) on the golf course, but in tennis, ALL the balls get touched by EVERYONE. Little minds make their way to heads of states.
Amen brother. Up here in Minnesota we have the same challenge asthis article states. Really no reason not to open the courses. Yes the virus is serious but so is the economy.
I completely agree with the ban. Most golfers playing during the week are seniors and are in the high risk category. Waiting a few weeks won't kill you...playing now may!
