arnieboy
Challenge Tour Pro
Smoking is now banned on our course and we have preferred lies on all fairways.
Down in Sussex, the fairways are yellow and rock hard. It isn't to everyone tastes but I love it. Drives go miles, and when you hit a bare patch, a puff of smoke comes up and it looks really cool
Has it been that dry down south? Certainly not an issue in the NE.
Where I live in Hertfordshire it hasn't rained since 27th July, and the temp has been 35 degrees every day for the last week. Even at night it's remained 25+, sleeping has been horrible.
My course has fairway irrigation so still nice and green, but the water level of the lake we draw the water from has dropped massively in the last 2 weeks.
I'm just down the road from Homer and - yes - it has been that dry down here. Our track is pretty parched in a lot of places but tee, fairway and green watering means it's largely holding up. Out yesterday evening and it's tinder dry...not seen a smoking ban in place - but if it isn't yet I suspect that it very soon will be.Has it been that dry down south? Certainly not an issue in the NE.
Can't remember the last time I saw someone smoking on the golf course. 15+ years ago it was fairly common.
In general smoking appears massively in decline, at least in the south east where I live. Smoking seems to be for chavs only. Sadly it's the poorest sections of society only who seem to continue smoking and also are hugely suffering from obesity.
Only took 2 pages as well ??Really, that's where we're going this fine Friday... 'Most smokers are fat chavs'!
Really, that's where we're going this fine Friday... 'Most smokers are fat chavs'!
Can't remember the last time I saw someone smoking on the golf course. 15+ years ago it was fairly common.
In general smoking appears massively in decline, at least in the south east where I live. Smoking seems to be for chavs only. Sadly it's the poorest sections of society only who seem to continue smoking and also are hugely suffering from obesity.
I think that is a bit harsh. Smoking has certainly declined massively, and that is great for public health. I remember as a junior hospital doctor in the late 80s/early 90s seeing the COPD patients all wheezing in, blue lips and breathless at rest, and for many the objective was to get back enough breath to smoke again. A lot of that population has now literally died off. And myocardial infarctions in middle aged men has dropped massively too.
There is an inverse correlation between social class and smoking, but the relationship with body mass is not so clear. People who smoke are less likely to be obese than those who never smoked and former smokers are more likely to be obese than never smokers or current smokers. Among smokers, obesity increases roughly with amount smoked, so this probably reflects a general disregard for healthy behaviour.