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When do you think you will next play golf?

Smoked some monster practice swings using the Swingrite 3 practice device, I'm sure if I'd been hitting real balls at a forum meet they'd have gone over 350 yards.

(For anyone wondering about the Sharps plus twos, nobody was answering the phone when I tried, guess they're furloughing)

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Was talking to the wife, irrespective of the courses opening she said no. Thinks it’s too much of a risk, brutally honest it is, up until we get a vaccine or a guaranteed method of curing it. Which means we could have a frustrating summer .. !
 
harpo_72 said:
Was talking to the wife, irrespective of the courses opening she said no. Thinks it’s too much of a risk, brutally honest it is, up until we get a vaccine or a guaranteed method of curing it. Which means we could have a frustrating summer .. !
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If/when they re-open I'd be thinking about solo golf only for some time to minimise risk I would think.
 
IainP said:
If/when they re-open I'd be thinking about solo golf only for some time to minimise risk I would think.
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I can see golf courses opening as 2 ball only to start, no 3 or 4 ball play.

I would have thought the courses may be rammed to start with so 1 ball play may be a struggle.
 
Lincoln Quaker said:
I can see golf courses opening as 2 ball only to start, no 3 or 4 ball play.

I would have thought the courses may be rammed to start with so 1 ball play may be a struggle.
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I agree on many courses, like the ones you are at.
We have a couple of hotel based ones not far from me, so if the hotels stay closed but courses open there's still half a chance of quiet tee times later in the day once the initial surge has passed.
 
harpo_72 said:
Was talking to the wife, irrespective of the courses opening she said no. Thinks it’s too much of a risk, brutally honest it is, up until we get a vaccine or a guaranteed method of curing it. Which means we could have a frustrating summer .. !
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You wont be playing golf this year then if your waiting for a vaccine or a guaranteed cure, it'll be this time next year before you get one of those. As soon as courses open I'll be out playing and be delighted to do so. Apparently as much as 50% of people who contract the virus dont even know they have it and a large percentage of the other half have fairly mild symptoms you would find with the common cold or the flu. It's only a very small percentage of those with the virus that actually end up in hospital and most of those are not needing intensive care. The actual number of people who have contracted the virus in the uk is likely to be in the hundreds of thousands already and so containment is no longer possible. If people wish to live like a hermit until they either catch it or can get vaccinated then I think they are going to be very stressed and very unhappy for the next year or so. I'd personally rather be like Prince Charles or Matt Hancock, who caught it isolated for 7 days and are going about their business normally now.
 
Parsaregood said:
You wont be playing golf this year then if your waiting for a vaccine or a guaranteed cure, it'll be this time next year before you get one of those. As soon as courses open I'll be out playing and be delighted to do so. Apparently as much as 50% of people who contract the virus dont even know they have it and a large percentage of the other half have fairly mild symptoms you would find with the common cold or the flu. It's only a very small percentage of those with the virus that actually end up in hospital and most of those are not needing intensive care. The actual number of people who have contracted the virus in the uk is likely to be in the hundreds of thousands already and so containment is no longer possible. If people wish to live like a hermit until they either catch it or can get vaccinated then I think they are going to be very stressed and very unhappy for the next year or so. I'd personally rather be like Prince Charles or Matt Hancock, who caught it isolated for 7 days and are going about their business normally now.
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That’s the common sense approach and like you I am sure lots of people have already had it in some form.
The media have been pushing but it is a worry about the number of ventilators etc.
They need a test that can detect anti bodies and then roll that out. Theoretically we could then determine the actual mortality rates, infection rates .. but that depends on the length of time the anti bodies last.
 
Parsaregood said:
You wont be playing golf this year then if your waiting for a vaccine or a guaranteed cure, it'll be this time next year before you get one of those. As soon as courses open I'll be out playing and be delighted to do so. Apparently as much as 50% of people who contract the virus dont even know they have it and a large percentage of the other half have fairly mild symptoms you would find with the common cold or the flu. It's only a very small percentage of those with the virus that actually end up in hospital and most of those are not needing intensive care. The actual number of people who have contracted the virus in the uk is likely to be in the hundreds of thousands already and so containment is no longer possible. If people wish to live like a hermit until they either catch it or can get vaccinated then I think they are going to be very stressed and very unhappy for the next year or so. I'd personally rather be like Prince Charles or Matt Hancock, who caught it isolated for 7 days and are going about their business normally now.
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This exactly.
I personally think the plan is to lock down to buy time & not swamp the NHS.
As soon as the peak is over & the Nightingale hospitals are fully on line they will start to lift the lockdown.
They are hoping to find an existing drug that will alleviate the symptoms, as a vaccine is miles away.
 
Parsaregood said:
You wont be playing golf this year then if your waiting for a vaccine or a guaranteed cure, it'll be this time next year before you get one of those. As soon as courses open I'll be out playing and be delighted to do so. Apparently as much as 50% of people who contract the virus dont even know they have it and a large percentage of the other half have fairly mild symptoms you would find with the common cold or the flu. It's only a very small percentage of those with the virus that actually end up in hospital and most of those are not needing intensive care. The actual number of people who have contracted the virus in the uk is likely to be in the hundreds of thousands already and so containment is no longer possible. If people wish to live like a hermit until they either catch it or can get vaccinated then I think they are going to be very stressed and very unhappy for the next year or so. I'd personally rather be like Prince Charles or Matt Hancock, who caught it isolated for 7 days and are going about their business normally now.
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Enjoy your golf, as my wife would be in great danger I think I'll give it a miss until things are a whole lot better.
Prince Charles probably had more doctors and nurse attending him than work at my local hospital.
I think I'll put my wife before the boredom.
Too many experts on here who use words like apparently, and I think.
 
Kaz said:
A few golfers playing today, according to my other half when she was out for her daily exercise.
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Have a real issue with this. Same as all those sunbathers in parks we've seen on social medial and the news. It's their selfishness and ignorance that'll find lockdown sanctions increasing and we'll be in it for longer.
 
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