SteveJay
Head Pro
Wont golf fall under the "amateur sport" category, i.e. banned? Either way can't see it being permitted here when Wales and Ireland have stopped it during their lockdowns.
New lockdown will courses close?
- Thread starter Doodle
- Start date
hovis
Tour Winner
Have Wales been told they can exercise with one other person? I genuinely don't know
Scott W
Assistant Pro
Crow
Crow Person
For 2-balls to play the course needs to be open, which means staff working at the club.
With only essential jobs allowed, golf club staff won't be allowed to work which puts us in the same position as the start of the first lockdown, limited greenstaff only and no play.
(IMHO of course
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With only essential jobs allowed, golf club staff won't be allowed to work which puts us in the same position as the start of the first lockdown, limited greenstaff only and no play.
(IMHO of course
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hovis
Tour Winner
There you go then. Hopefully I can go fishing ?
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https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-national-restrictions-from-5-november
Unfortunatly this was released not long after by the Government detailing the restrictions
Yep, EG and the R&A will hopefully put a case forward to have golf courses open under the restrictions we had as the first lockdown was being lifted.
Let’s hope they both grow a pair.
Ragamuffin Gunner
Medal Winner
Government guidance looks specific and unequivocal to me. I think it is partly about about sending a message about how seriously we should all be taking this etc...
Doodle
Active member
Bloody ridiculous
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
Playing weds then pack the club's away for a month
BubbaP
Occasional Player of Golf
FWIW, I see one of these has popped up again so sharing
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/309851
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/309851
Griffsters
Hacker
I can't muster a *sigh* big enough to demonstrate how pee'd off I feel.
There is just something that doesn't feel quite right, but nothing I can do. More and more I feel that the damage from these lockdowns from an economic, health and mental well-being and societal viewpoint is going to be greater than covid itself.
It feels like we are in a never-ending cycle, the reality is Covid is here and its an illness we will need to live with even when a vaccine arrives. Let's get on with it.
There is just something that doesn't feel quite right, but nothing I can do. More and more I feel that the damage from these lockdowns from an economic, health and mental well-being and societal viewpoint is going to be greater than covid itself.
It feels like we are in a never-ending cycle, the reality is Covid is here and its an illness we will need to live with even when a vaccine arrives. Let's get on with it.
Swinglowandslow
Well-known member
Am always wary of overstating the importance of golf and appreciate that I'm heavily biased but, of all these things below, golf seems the silliest one to shut down.
At least we've got the Masters in 12 days' time (and the Cyprus Showdown in the interim)
At least we've got the Masters in 12 days' time (and the Cyprus Showdown in the interim)
- all non-essential retail, including, but not limited to clothing and electronics stores, vehicle showrooms, travel agents, betting shops, auction houses, tailors, car washes, tobacco and vape shops.
- indoor and outdoor leisure facilities such as bowling alleys, leisure centres and gyms, sports facilities including swimming pools, golf courses and driving ranges, dance studios, stables and riding centres, soft play facilities, climbing walls and climbing centres, archery and shooting ranges, water and theme parks,
- entertainment venues such as theatres, concert halls, cinemas, museums and galleries, casinos, adult gaming centres and arcades, bingo halls, bowling alleys, concert halls, zoos and other animal attractions, botanical gardens;
- personal care facilities such as hair, beauty and nail salons, tattoo parlours, spas, massage parlours, body and skin piercing services, non-medical acupuncture, and tanning salons.
Swinglowandslow
Well-known member
The message this evening from the P M and the scientists was there - if things carry on as they are the NHS will be overwhelmed to the point that not only can they not deal with Covid properly, they won't be able to deal with other serious conditions properly....
IOW, things will grind to a halt.Its an inconvenient truth. "Getting on with it" ain't going to do!
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CliveW
Tour Winner
Well it looks like golf in Scotland will continue https://scottishgolf.org/october-30th-covid-19-update/ However people from England are asked not to travel to Scotland unless absolutely essential.
"Following today’s announcement by the Prime Minister we are also asking that people do not travel to England, or from England into Scotland unless absolutely essential, just as we are also asking people not to go to Northern Ireland or to Wales.
"We know that these restrictions are difficult, but public health and preventing the spread of the virus must come first."
"Following today’s announcement by the Prime Minister we are also asking that people do not travel to England, or from England into Scotland unless absolutely essential, just as we are also asking people not to go to Northern Ireland or to Wales.
"We know that these restrictions are difficult, but public health and preventing the spread of the virus must come first."
