£275 buggy hire
Member
This will all make you laugh I have recently slipped a disc Im finding it almost impossible to walk. As I have made it to the semi final of our winter foursomes and I don’t want to let my partner down, neither of us have ever been up on a board. I thought I would ask my club handicap secretary and our opponents on Tuesday night if I could use a buggy to play the match this Sunday which was the final day the match could be played on. It like most clubs is against the rules to play in comps with a buggy without a medical exemption.
I provided the club with letter from my Consultant Neurosurgeon to my GP which outlned my symptoms etc. He had sent it to update my GP’s records.
My opponents of course being good sports said they had no problem with me using a buggy. The small advantage I would gain by using one slightly eclipsed by my having to play with a slipped disc.
Ahh but no!! the handicap secretary and now the club secretary insisted that I had the official club medical exemption form completed by my GP. Saying it had to be received by Friday before the secretary’s office closed for the weekend otherwise I would have to play without the buggy and if I used one I would be disqualified.
With 3 days to get this form signed I contacted my local surgery to see if the GP could sign me off. Not surprisingly the earliest appointment I could get was in two weeks unless of course it was an emergency. I told them it was an emergency I needed this document otherwise I couldn’t play in the semi of the winter foursomes blah blah. The receptionist laughed and politely told me to stop wasting her time.
Left with no option I callled the handicap secretary said I couldn’t get the paperwork but surely the letter from the consultant would do. No was the very firm reply but I could scratch from the comp as ‘rules were rules’ it needed to be the official club form and nothing else.
Left with no option. I contacted my consultant who said he could see me in time to sign the form but unfortunately it would have to be a private consultation and it would cost £250. I had no choice I agreed because I couldn’t bring myself to let my mate down, if it were singles I would have just forfeited.
I paid up got the letter and sent it to Ms Computer says no at the club.
So that along with the buggy hire of £25 brings the cost of playing a match at my own club to £275. Priceless!!!
I paid less for lunch and 2 rounds at Carnoustie a few weeks ago.
We better bloody win!
Wish me luck.
I provided the club with letter from my Consultant Neurosurgeon to my GP which outlned my symptoms etc. He had sent it to update my GP’s records.
My opponents of course being good sports said they had no problem with me using a buggy. The small advantage I would gain by using one slightly eclipsed by my having to play with a slipped disc.
Ahh but no!! the handicap secretary and now the club secretary insisted that I had the official club medical exemption form completed by my GP. Saying it had to be received by Friday before the secretary’s office closed for the weekend otherwise I would have to play without the buggy and if I used one I would be disqualified.
With 3 days to get this form signed I contacted my local surgery to see if the GP could sign me off. Not surprisingly the earliest appointment I could get was in two weeks unless of course it was an emergency. I told them it was an emergency I needed this document otherwise I couldn’t play in the semi of the winter foursomes blah blah. The receptionist laughed and politely told me to stop wasting her time.
Left with no option I callled the handicap secretary said I couldn’t get the paperwork but surely the letter from the consultant would do. No was the very firm reply but I could scratch from the comp as ‘rules were rules’ it needed to be the official club form and nothing else.
Left with no option. I contacted my consultant who said he could see me in time to sign the form but unfortunately it would have to be a private consultation and it would cost £250. I had no choice I agreed because I couldn’t bring myself to let my mate down, if it were singles I would have just forfeited.
I paid up got the letter and sent it to Ms Computer says no at the club.
So that along with the buggy hire of £25 brings the cost of playing a match at my own club to £275. Priceless!!!
I paid less for lunch and 2 rounds at Carnoustie a few weeks ago.
We better bloody win!
Wish me luck.
