USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
I don't think allowing the masses to decide they can 'take their chances' is going to be allowed any time soon. Dream on.
When do you think you will next play golf?
- Thread starter howbow88
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I don't think allowing the masses to decide they can 'take their chances' is going to be allowed any time soon. Dream on.
Old Skier
Tour Winner
Judging by the petition response, golf seems to be on the cards as soon as any relaxation of measures begins.
Bdill93
Undisputed King of FOMO
Honestly I think March at some point now, maybe after phase 2 of the vaccine roll out and when over 50's are the next group to be allowed vaccines!
rudebhoy
Q-School Graduate
Am hoping mid-late Feb if we go back to the Tier system then. The infection rate here is less than half the national average, so hopefully we would be T3.
But realistically, more like mid-March I reckon. Our club will be praying we are back by then as subs are due 1st April, and there will be a fair number who won't cough up if the course is still shut.
But realistically, more like mid-March I reckon. Our club will be praying we are back by then as subs are due 1st April, and there will be a fair number who won't cough up if the course is still shut.
rudebhoy
Q-School Graduate
If that's true I'll have literally wasted £350 (pro-rata membership from Jan to end of April) and I'd be gutted.
not sure pro-rata is the way to look at it. losing 4 months over the summer would be much worse than losing them now.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Though looking at that petition from the risk perspective - the large numbers of individuals (250,000+?) who signed it actually highlights the risk associated with reopening.
hairball_89
Club Champion
Well yes, but if I recall, @Orikoru joined his new club late last year, on a deal that runs until April with a view to renewing as a full member April onwards. Therefore he would have lost all the money he put in! That would definitely be, as he put it "gutting"!
rudebhoy
Q-School Graduate
ah, yes, that would be a bummer.
Doodle
Active member
I am not bothered about playing at the moment due to the weather, but I know by the beginning of March I will be gagging to get out there.
I also think that as the cases & hospitalisations drop & once they have vaccinated the top 4 groups, the pressure to lift the lock-down will become immense.
Even if they drop into the tier system it will be better than the situation we are currently in.
The Government have a difficult balancing act in the future, if they keep the lock-down & tiers in place too long, they risk multiple business failures & mass unemployment.
Also, the population will only tolerate this for so long, as soon as the weather improves people will be itching to return to some kind of normal.
I can see there will be lots of unrest & unilateral disobedience if the present situation is allowed to continue for too long.
A couple of aspects of the present situation concern me.
After listening to the various news conferences & articles written by qualified professional virologists, there are still lots of unknown's about this virus.
For instance, they don't know if once vaccinated you can still catch & pass on Covid?
The long term effects (if any) of the vaccine are unknown.
There is also real doubt if the vaccine will protect against all present & future strains of Covid, which is a real worry if after vaccinating 67 million people we find out that it is useless against a new mutated strain of Covid.
I suspect that a judgement will have to be made balancing the risks of the virus against the multiple risks of continuing the present situation.
Lets hope that happens sooner rather than later.
I also think that as the cases & hospitalisations drop & once they have vaccinated the top 4 groups, the pressure to lift the lock-down will become immense.
Even if they drop into the tier system it will be better than the situation we are currently in.
The Government have a difficult balancing act in the future, if they keep the lock-down & tiers in place too long, they risk multiple business failures & mass unemployment.
Also, the population will only tolerate this for so long, as soon as the weather improves people will be itching to return to some kind of normal.
I can see there will be lots of unrest & unilateral disobedience if the present situation is allowed to continue for too long.
A couple of aspects of the present situation concern me.
After listening to the various news conferences & articles written by qualified professional virologists, there are still lots of unknown's about this virus.
For instance, they don't know if once vaccinated you can still catch & pass on Covid?
The long term effects (if any) of the vaccine are unknown.
There is also real doubt if the vaccine will protect against all present & future strains of Covid, which is a real worry if after vaccinating 67 million people we find out that it is useless against a new mutated strain of Covid.
I suspect that a judgement will have to be made balancing the risks of the virus against the multiple risks of continuing the present situation.
Lets hope that happens sooner rather than later.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Why would it be twice the length of the first lockdown though?
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Correct.. around Christmas we paid £350 for January to end of April pro-rata, as their renewal date is May. So if I can't play until May I've paid £350 for one round of golf on frozen greens.
Could have just saved it and joined in May if I'd have known we couldn't play.sunshine
Well-known member
Because...
- Previous lockdowns have effectively driven down cases of COVID, but then infections have rebounded as soon as restrictions were eased, indicating we came out of lockdown too soon.
- On this forum we talk about golf being a safe activity, but in real life we've probably all seen people socialising in a golf environment and using golf as an excuse for drinking in a group and generally ignoring all social distancing guidelines.
So...
Maybe the gov has decided this time we need to see it through and properly get COVID levels down to insignificant levels. The way many other countries have been more successful. Whether they will be able to hold their nerve and see it through is another question.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Think I'll do what I did before and leave it a week and use that time to get club on ball at the practice ground and let the masses fight it out for a tee time.
Mandofred
Well-known member
Rebounding....It will always do that....too soon, or later.... You can lower the levels near zero, but if you let the restrictions ease it will zoom up.
Wabinez
Journeyman Pro
Hearing reports that 21st March is going to be the ‘opening’ week.
which blows.
which blows.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Where are you hearing that?
BubbaP
Occasional Player of Golf
Didn't manage to quote both posts, but in the interest of debate...
Weren't restrictions eased around mid May, and cases didn't pick up to similar levels until around mid September?
Suggests it's a tad more nuanced perhaps.
Wabinez
Journeyman Pro
‘sources’ from England Golf. but that is through a third party.
so yeah, take it with a pinch of salt, but if the whole ‘vaccinate and then wait 3 weeks’ the dates kinda line up.
still blows. Can go for a walk with someone else around a park...but throw golf clubs on your back and it can’t be done.
SammmeBee
Journeyman Pro
It’s the pick a date and if you happen to be right then you can say I told you so.....if it’s wrong then no-one cares!!!
Robster59
Tour Rookie
Well, whilst we're allowed to play golf in Scotland, current weather climes means that I've not played for about a month. I thought I might actually get a game this coming weekend and then see that there is more snow coming in over the next day or so. Still, we live in hope.
