New Scottish Drink Driving laws and golf clubs

[Karl102]

I am mate. On Saturday night I was nearly an "asleep in the carpark member"...

Could be worse... you could always have put brown sauce in your tea...... sorry, couldn't resist.... :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

 

[Qwerty]

Could be worse... you could always have put brown sauce in your tea...... sorry, couldn't resist.... :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Well I suppose I did quite well making it to Monday 17:36pm

 

[Sponge1980]

I don't think it'll have too much of an impact on my club. If you live in the town then your well within walking distance if you want a pint after your round and others that live out of the town in similar areas have a sort of car pool going and take turns in driving so I would guess that the income over the bar won't change an awful lot. I have noticed that there is now non-alcoholic beer available and there is also a coffee machine which seems to be popular.

 

[HDID Kenny]

I have a pint before I go out, 4 hours later fine to drive...if I'm playing before bar opens I will have a pint of Shandy after the round, don't do tea or coffee.

 

[Simbo]

Our club has been quiet for a while now in comparison with what it used to be, It will be even quitter now, I personally very very seldom have a beer after a round as I'm not much of a drinker. I know the guys I play have now stopped going into,the club after their round and just head home.

 

[rickg]

Now we have a fancy all singing all dancing machine which means our staff have to be baristas (which they are not) and it takes an age. And the coffee is way too strong

I'm amazed that Derek has passed up the opportunity to have a whinge about this on here! He's slipping up in his old age... :rofl:

 

[Val]

I'm amazed that Derek has passed up the opportunity to have a whinge about this on here! He's slipping up in his old age... :rofl:

He'll probably be looking for larger diameter mugs

 

[Rumpokid]

Read this in NCG mag, think the law is a pathetic really.I do not think having 1 pint makes you a drunken maniac driver.And yes, the clubs will suffer.Whether a golfer or not, it is obvious that the powers that be know best..(or maybe not as is the case)..

 

[Deleted member 15344]

But one pint after 4-5 hours in the sun can effect your reaction times

So whilst it doesn't make you a drunken maniac driver it is going to effect your ability to drive in some way.

Some people can drink a pint and have no issues what so ever , some it can go straight to your head

Lots of conditions to take into consideration when having a drink and driving

The profits of a golf club should be the lowest priority when it comes to alcohol and driving.

 

[Rumpokid]

But one pint after 4-5 hours in the sun can effect your reaction times

So whilst it doesn't make you a drunken maniac driver it is going to effect your ability to drive in some way.

Some people can drink a pint and have no issues what so ever , some it can go straight to your head

Lots of conditions to take into consideration when having a drink and driving

The profits of a golf club should be the lowest priority when it comes to alcohol and driving.

Totally disagree with this.Being really over analytical in what is a simple case of 1 pint..It is beer by the way, not wine, shorts etc..I doubt 4% (or less), will affect my reaction times, playing in the gobi desert or the snowy wastelands of siberia.

 

[Tommo21]

A lot of Scottish clubs were going to close before the change was introduced, too many golf clubs not enough golfers.

I hear golf clubs moaning about this but they do not seem to see any other options.

I was shopping in Irvine last week and popped into the new Weatherspoons for lunch.
I had to wait for 10 mins for a table. I find that at lunchtime when I visit Weatherspoons they are usually packed and the majority of customers are female.

Regarding the law. I used to be a pint limit man but now I either have a half pint or a coffee [if I know it will be decent]
I cannot recall ever having a decent cup of copy in any golf club.

Yes, way too many clubs around Edinburgh, East Lothian way. Most of the new ones popped up just before the recession hit. I regularly go to three clubs in East Lothian and not one offer a decent coffee. Not one of them have attempted to push or even try some of the newer low alcoholic beers available. Clubs are falling over themselves offering silly deals that can only lead to one thing...closures.

Its a cut throat situation up here just now and the only clubs that seem to be surviving well are the top end clubs or the links courses.

 

[tornedo11]

I'm not sure how much it has affected our place directly , but most of Dui classes Maryland involved a pint after a round and I won't be doing that going forward which is a pity.

Hello Keeno,

Can you tell me where i can join the best golf club???

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I think it's doing clubs out of money- our clubhouse is always dead- no point risking having a pint after a round.

Also personally I won't have much to drink the night before now if I want to play the next day. Id imagine a lot of people will be in this book so the actual course will probably be quieter too as a result

Compared with how your clubhouse was when I was a member 40yrs ago, I'm afraid your clubhouse extensions and remodelling have made it a bit soulless - but for purposes of hosting big functions it looks great and is probably very popular. Back in the day it was a lovely, comfortable traditional clubhouse. It's actually quite hard to imagine how the bar area used to be.

That said, my great affection for the club and the course remain.

Clubs and their suppliers really need to get to grips with the fact that some of the low or no alcohol beers and ciders are actually good - and getting quite close in flavour to their alcoholic elder brothers. But I prefer ones for which I don't drink their elder brother as I don't have a comparison. Indeed Bavaria Wit and Malt are excellent. I'm also a fan of zero alcohol Kopparberg Pear and Strawberry and Lime Ciders. Not such a fan of their Mixed Fruit one.

Fortunately we have an excellent coffee machine, and cracking grub.

 

[turkish]

Compared with how your clubhouse was when I was a member 40yrs ago, I'm afraid your clubhouse extensions and remodelling have made it a bit soulless - but for purposes of hosting big functions it looks great and is probably very popular. Back in the day it was a lovely, comfortable traditional clubhouse. It's actually quite hard to imagine how the bar area used to be.

That said, my great affection for the club and the course remain.

Need to get a game when you're back up? Have you made the plunge yet to buy a house back up here yet?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Need to get a game when you're back up? Have you made the plunge yet to buy a house back up here yet?

I'm up from this coming Saturday until week on Sunday - and bringing my bats up just in case. On the house move - yes - we're still thinking of moving up - but Mrs Hogie tells me its Edinburgh Deal or No Deal :thup: This week we are sorting out my mum's effects readying to put her house in Broom onto the market...so if you fancy a move of house...

 

[turkish]

I'm up from this coming Saturday until week on Sunday - and bringing my bats up just in case. On the house move - yes - we're still thinking of moving up - but Mrs Hogie tells me its Edinburgh Deal or No Deal :thup: This week we are sorting out my mum's effects readying to put her house in Broom onto the market...so if you fancy a move of house...

Haha maybe one day I shall afford a house in the Broom estate ;-)

My mrs is about to drop so I reckon my golf will be curtailed for a month but after that will be looking to play more

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Haha maybe one day I shall afford a house in the Broom estate ;-)

My mrs is about to drop so I reckon my golf will be curtailed for a month but after that will be looking to play more

Best wishes to your Mrs for the 'drop' - and just try and not get in the way.

 

[AMcC]

I'm up from this coming Saturday until week on Sunday - and bringing my bats up just in case. On the house move - yes - we're still thinking of moving up - but Mrs Hogie tells me its Edinburgh Deal or No Deal :thup: This week we are sorting out my mum's effects readying to put her house in Broom onto the market...so if you fancy a move of house...

If you fancy a game at Gailes let me know and I can see what can be sorted

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

If you fancy a game at Gailes let me know and I can see what can be sorted

Thanks Sir! I have a knock organised for me this Sunday at Barassie - but if the weather is total then maybe we won't.

 

[Senseicads]

Totally disagree with this.Being really over analytical in what is a simple case of 1 pint..It is beer by the way, not wine, shorts etc..I doubt 4% (or less), will affect my reaction times, playing in the gobi desert or the snowy wastelands of siberia.

Except that is not what the science says. Whether you feel in control or not, or whether you doubt that your reaction times are impacted, the science proves that it is impacted. That is why it was reduced in the first place. That impact could be the difference between you stopping in time and causing an accident.