When do you think you will next play golf?

[Mick68]

Let me spell it out.

It's closed. Stay at home, couldn't care less about runners and cyclists.

The end.

I'm not saying we should necessarily be playing right now (though I think it could be done safely). I'm pointing out that golf can be played safely when the time is right and it's not the same as most other pastimes/hobbies because there really is lots of space for self-distancing - for this reason the rules could be relaxed earlier than other activities such as cinemas, spectator sport, concerts etc - everything shouldn't be treated the same when they're clearly not the same. It could be done safer than any activity that's already being done outside the home now.

 

[Dannyc]

Let me spell it out
How can we have a lockdown for the entire country apart from essential workers
Oh and them who play golf you don’t need lockdown u just carry on

 

[Jacko_G]

I'm now going for next year.

Golf is finished. (Didn't even start!)

 

[Mick68]

No it's exactly the same.
Under your rules, barbecue attendees all stay at least 2 metres apart, as do cinema goers.

If you do a bit of reading, you might notice that everyone agrees that we can easily play golf and do everything else safely IN SMALL NUMBERS.

But we're not a few people, we are 60 million, and on the basis that too many people will not adhere to any guidelines, we just have to stay home.

Whinge all you want, it's not going to change anything.

We could go on forever with this. In a cinema or at a barbecue you're in a limited amount of space and coming into contact with lots of people. Entering and leaving a cinema at roughly the same time as over 100 other people is not the same as over 100 people arriving at and leaving a golf course staggered over 12 hours 2 at a time. Playing in a 2 ball your close to 1 other person and there's almost unlimited space. They're very clearly not the same. You can reply to this post if you like but I won't be arguing any longer about something so self-evident.

 

[Mick68]

Let me spell it out
How can we have a lockdown for the entire country apart from essential workers
Oh and them who play golf you don’t need lockdown u just carry on

The whole country isn't locked down. There are plenty of people out and about and much closer than they would be on a golf course. If we were all locked down then fair enough - no problem. As stated before I'm not saying we should all be heading up to play today but when the time is deemed right then golf is something that could start back earlier than most things due to the abundance of space. The rules have to be logical and consistent and not every part of society should be treated the same when they're not the same.

 

[Neilds]

Had an email from club (Bristol) last night, they are planning on opening 11 May if possible, bookings for 2 balls open 4 May. There is a caveat that it may change

 

[Fish]

Had an email from club (Bristol) last night, they are planning on opening 11 May if possible, bookings for 2 balls open 4 May. There is a caveat that it may change

Pointless email, might as well pick any date out of the air!

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Let me spell it out
How can we have a lockdown for the entire country apart from essential workers
Oh and them who play golf you don’t need lockdown u just carry on

indeed - would make golfers really popular with the wider public - and would confirm in the eyes of many the perception of us being a bunch entitled middle class t***s.

We just have to accept that we are part of a whole that is struggling with lockdown, and that no matter what we might think about organising ourselves, a golf club and course is a place for social gathering and ALL such places are currently closed. A golf club just cannot be considered as a special case. It just can’t. Simple.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Let me spell it out
How can we have a lockdown for the entire country apart from essential workers
Oh and them who play golf you don’t need lockdown u just carry on

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I think some are missing the point of the thread

This is about “when” clubs may open and also what restrictions could possibly be put in place

The recent guidelines show a touch of softening about exercise in regards being able to drive to go to a place of exercise

We know that clubs are closed right now , that’s not what is being discussed

And the country is not on lockdown apart from essential workers

Playing golf is not the same as going to a cinema or pub or shopping etc etc

The sports has means to allow people to play it and ensure social distancing ( when restrictions allow )

There is lots of talk of two balls only etc but I can’t see why a fourball can’t play , rounds may take a touch longer to allow people to ensure proper social distancing and the clubs that don’t have tee booking like mine may well have to temporarily introduce them

But golf courses etc will only open up when the government guidelines allow them too - I personally can see it happening sooner than other sports but right now we are prob at the peak so the next three weeks will be the key.

 

[KenL]

Pointless email, might as well pick any date out of the air!

Nothing wrong with the club communicating with the membership offering a glimmer of hope. It is clear that they may have to revise based on gov advice.

 

[Neilds]

Nothing wrong with the club communicating with the membership offering a glimmer of hope. It is clear that they may have to revise based on gov advice.

Personally I don’t think they will be open, and not sure if I would play even if they did

 

[howbow88]

Golf courses will open when they open. Trying to second-guess when they will is pointless.

I'm now going for next year.

Golf is finished. (Didn't even start!)

I thought you said guessing when they're going to open is pointless

 

[howbow88]

Wrong, they are EXACTLY the same.
All the others can be done 2 metres apart.

Nice sunny day today, six 2 balls every hour for ten hours.

Which 120 members do you allow to play and which hundred plus are you not letting play?

Or is it just you and screw everyone else?

I've seen your replies after this - truly laughable. However:

I can't stress this point enough - I am following all the rules and will continue to do so. I see no harm in discussing when courses will reopen, how they will do that, what restrictions will be in place, etc.

Saying that there isn't a difference between a round of golf and going to the cinema?!

 

[Lump]

With other country’s softening their lockdown and us still having another 3 weeks (at least) before any softening . It’ll let the UK observe how things could workout post lockdown.
Remember, the lockdown was not to stop or starve the virus of hosts, but to slow the rate of infected to let the NHS cope.
For now we need to watch how things develop.
I personally see us playing golf before May is out.

 

[Jacko_G]

I thought you said guessing when they're going to open is pointless

I drink and I know things. Comes from the bottom of a whisky glass.

?

 

[Papas1982]

I can't help it if you don't get that I was putting up a counter-argument to the bleating golfers.

Restrict a cinema to online booking, staggered entry, restricted capacity so everyone sitting 3 metres apart, masks on, at the ? everyone leaves in single file keeping their distance, that's exactly the same as your golf example.

id say the biggest difference here is whether the business would want to operate. A golf course can run with very little further expense than now and keep its main financial contributors (members) satisfied.

A cinema will incur greater costs to open and run at a level people desire. The cinema my missus was manager of for example has approximately 300 (20*15) seats in the largest screen. To keep the 2 meter rule they’d be able to have at most 6 people in a row and only be able to use every third row. So each showing could have 30 people in it. They take on average 15% of ticket money and make their profit on food. So atm they would have no interest in opening as that level of revenue wouldn’t cover overheads.

 

[hovis]

I think we'll be teeing it up on 11th May under the same restrictions that where in place before the lockdown

 

[PJ87]

I think we'll be teeing it up on 11th May under the same restrictions that where in place before the lockdown

I start my nights that day with a few extra nights because someone's shielding but afterwards is suppose to be a society event 21st may so if they can do a work around for that it would be a welcome return

 

[Backsticks]

You cannot look at the risk of playing golf in isolation. Whether golf should be allowed or not is determined by the combination of risk and benefit. Yes, its safer than a cinema. But its also more dangerous working on a hospital ward. But the benefit of having people work in a hospital is worth the risk (with huge thanks due to those putting themselves at that risk, for the benefit of others and not their own passtime).

The statistics must be looked at for the whole country, and not in isolation for something like golf. The country has to manage the risk as a whole. And determine where risk is worth taking, and where it is not. Not just whether the risk is low. Even if it is low, it adds to the overall risk the country is taking. Having children back in school is a higher risk of wide transmission than playing golf too. But the country would be correct to reopen schools in some form for example, despite the higher risk, before it uses up more of its quota of countrywide risk to the population's health, on something of such limited benefit as golf. So pointless arguing how relatively safe golf could be - it just isnt worth the risk whatever, until the scope for risk taking has been allocated to all those other much more important aspects of society, industry, and education.

 

[moogie]

When this all kicked off
I always said to my mates that it would be June....
Still feel that month may not be far wrong

But I also guess we be playing casual golf all year, season a write off, with no comps
Which in the grand scheme of things
Wouldn't bother me 1 iota