Number of times played in 2020 when compared to 2019

[Deleted member 21258]

Did you play more or less or the same in 2020 when compared to 2019 ?

And how come ?

 

[Orikoru]

Huh? Is this a joke? I'm going to say less because we were literally banned from playing for about 30% of the year.

 

[USER1999]

Still played way more rounds. I was furloughed for most of the year, and so once it opened up I was playing 7 days a week.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Huh? Is this a joke? I'm going to say less because we were literally banned from playing for about 30% of the year.

Because a significant amount of people were on furlough during a big part of the year when the golf courses were open - a lot of the people I know managed to play more rounds of golf last year than any year before

 

[davidy233]

Huh? Is this a joke? I'm going to say less because we were literally banned from playing for about 30% of the year.

I played an awful lot more as I'd pretty much given up golf for the five years before (couple of rounds a year) - going for a walk on the courses was what got the notion to start playing again and the lockdown of most other stuff I did (mainly football and being allowed to travel) plus not commuting as I began to work from home sealed the deal.

I probably played at least once every three days from end of May (when we opened back up) till October (when the football I regularly photograph started again) - and I've been out about the same frequency since the start of the year.

It's fair to say that this pandemic got me started playing golf regularly again.

 

[Orikoru]

Because a significant amount of people were on furlough during a big part of the year when the golf courses were open - a lot of the people I know managed to play more rounds of golf last year than any year before

That's some going considering the courses were shut for 4 months. Fair play though.

 

[RichA]

2019 - 0 rounds
2020 - 45 rounds
Played for the first time in 10 years in July. Got slightly hooked.

 

[Orikoru]

I just counted mine based on counting my Hole 19 Scorecard emails (I use Hole 19 pretty much every round). 2020: 53 rounds. 2019: 70 rounds.

 

[AAC]

Much less as I work full time

 

[IanM]

Less due to working full time and course closures... will work hard to rectify that this year

 

[Imurg]

I ca'nt be sure but I think more.
2019 I was atThe Zoo, played a couple of times a week, occasionally more but no weekends or evenings as it was too far to justify a few holes and I was only a 5 day member.
The wet winter closed the course for large periods and between New Year 2020 and moving clubs in March I probably only played 3 or 4 times.
Cut to arch 2020 and I played about 10 times before lockdown came.
When we went back, as I was off work , I played virtually every day until early July, then had to cut it back to 3 or 4 times a week as work just got in the way!
Going to be playing as much as I can until work starts again 12/4 when, once more, it will be back to 3 or 4 to es a week.

 

[Bdill93]

2019 - 1 round
2020 - 112 rounds
2021 - 1 round so far!

Guess when I started playing golf seriously?

 

[sunshine]

At my golf club I met very few people who were on furlough last year. Most people were, like me, working from home and able to juggle diaries to make room for midweek rounds. I typically play about 35-40 rounds a year. I guess I missed out on 6 rounds in LD1 and then 2 in LD2. But then probably played double that in casual mid-week rounds while working from home all summer.

Some of my mates were on furlough and played almost every day.

 

[sunshine]

That's some going considering the courses were shut for 4 months. Fair play though.

Imagine you play once a week. You would have missed out on 8 rounds in LD1 and 4 rounds in LD2 so 12 in total.

But then you are put on furlough in May. You're single / you're other half is at work. Golf is one of the few activities open. Doesn't take long to recoup those missed rounds, in fact it only takes a couple of weeks, and some people were on furlough for months and months.

 

[jim8flog]

Considerably less
Lockdowns 1 and 2
Being in Tier 4 with the course in Tier 3
Lot of heavy rain this winter and buggy bans

I usually play 3 times a week when fit.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Less due to Course closures.

 

[Billysboots]

Less, in part because of the closures but also a change in shift pattern which meant I got fewer days off in the week.

 

[CliveW]

Maybe slightly less due to the travel restrictions put in place.

 

[Vikingman]

2019 114 home course & 45 opens/away days

2020 92 & 26 respectively

 

[Deleted member 3432]

2019 114 home course & 45 opens/away days

2020 92 & 26 respectively

Don't think I have had that many games in the last 30 years