When do you think you will next play golf?

[LoneRanger]

I think that May comes from a lot of wishful thinking. Most golfers, unsurprisingly, think that golf is safe and that golf should be an exception and should be allowed. I suspect that many believed that golf would be allowed to continue at the end of the first lock down period and when that did not happen, the assumption was that of course it would be permitted at the end of this one. I am not sure which way I would go on this. I fully appreciate that the risk of playing golf if rules are followed is lower than many other activities but, in reality, I think that it is a perception issue and I do not think that golf will be allowed until it can be permitted as part of a wider relaxation of sport.

Sadly I think this is probably right. You could make an argument for bowls, singles tennis etc, all will be expecting some preferential treatment and I suspect none will get it

 

[Diamond]

...crikey...I only mentioned fishing as surely a bloke sat on his own by a lake doing ANYTHING has to be less of a health risk than as line at B&Q! I didn't expect an animal rights riot!
Looks like we need to get playing asap, before we all lose it!

This is unbelievable I haven’t laughed so much in days.

There is a story I have of a friend who bought live lobsters to cook, the legs and pincers were tied up and he cut them and threw it into the pan. He then spent 5 minutes fighting a lobster in his kitchen...he only just came out on top! He hasn’t had lobster since. ???

I personally love mussels with a bit of crusty bread, could eat a bucket of them.

 

[Diamond]

Sadly I think this is probably right. You could make an argument for bowls, singles tennis etc, all will be expecting some preferential treatment and I suspect none will get it

Bowls is all about the social side. I can’t see many people turning up to play on their own to Just practice.

 

[IanM]

In bowls everyone throws the jack, in tennis the ball is shared , in golf you use your own stuff... sort out flags and rakes, job done.

Just cos parts of Government are talking about golf, doesn't mean much will happen. There's umpteen layers of Civil Servants working out anything.... I am really hope to play in June. Any earlier a bonus.

 

[GB72]

In bowls everyone throws the jack, in tennis the ball is shared , in golf you use your own stuff... sort out flags and rakes, job done.

Just cos parts of Government are talking about golf, doesn't mean much will happen. There's umpteen layers of Civil Servants working out anything.... I am really hope to play in June. Any earlier a bonus.

I am guessing that a number of other sports are putting together plans and rule changes to show that they are safe in the current environment. Bowls, sanitiser on the jack between ends etc. Part of me feels that golf's image is going to be a problem and that golf will not be allowed to be an exception if it does not form part of a package of permitted sports after all, this is not a public outcry, it is only golfers who want golf permitted and I suspect there are thousands of others playing dozens of different sports who are all making the same case, meanwhile, the government focus in this area will be getting football going.

 

[BubbaP]

...crikey...I only mentioned fishing as surely a bloke sat on his own by a lake doing ANYTHING has to be less of a health risk than as line at B&Q! I didn't expect an animal rights riot!
Looks like we need to get playing asap, before we all lose it!

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On a lot of waters it is the fishing closed season until mid-June otherwise I suspect they'd be more noise to allow it.

 

[sunshine]

You'll be surprised and it also depends on the club.

If a club is relying on profits from the bar to pay the greenkeepers then it needs a new business plan.

 

[CliveW]

Some hopeful news in The Scotsman today. https://www.scotsman.com/sport/golf/golfs-return-start-single-golfers-or-household-groups-2551265

 

[rosecott]

If you can't see a difference between providing food, and a pastime, then the above also reads as pretty stupid. It does to me anyway.

The only reason fishing is never looking like getting banned is it is a vote lower. Too many people do it (unlike fox hunting).

As for suddenly providing A1 medical care for the fish, no, not buying it.

If I hunt you with a tazer, and patch you up so I can do it again beneficial to you? No.

But back to the thread. Where did mid May come from for a restart?

As posted on another thread - could have been any thread:

From Golf Business Online:

The golf industry in Wales has been given an advanced notification that courses can reopen from mid May provided certain rules are followed, if there is a relaxation of the lockdown on May 7.

 

[fundy]

As posted on another thread - could have been any thread:

From Golf Business Online:

The golf industry in Wales has been given an advanced notification that courses can reopen from mid May provided certain rules are followed, if there is a relaxation of the lockdown on May 7.

All based on a Daily Mail article and being treated as gospel by every golf publication

The article doesn’t state who has given the guidance, or even who to, and according to the chief executive of Wales Golf, Richard Dixon, nothing has been agreed so far.

“Nothing has either been agreed or announced regarding a date golf can re-start in Wales or the protocols which will need to be strictly adhered to once it does,” he said in a statement.

“Wales Golf’s position remains consistent with when the current restrictions were put in place in that it is fully supportive of the current government directives / advice. We will continue to work closely with the R&A, other GB&I golf bodies and relevant government departments in developing and agreeing the necessary protocols to help ensure that golf is as ready as it can be to re-start when it is deemed safe to do so by the appropriate authorities.”


somewhere between clickbait and fake news as per a lot of similar articles lately

 

[rulefan]

https://www.thegolfbusiness.co.uk/2...m_campaign=golf-can-and-should-return-quickly

https://www.thegolfbusiness.co.uk/2...ence-on-whether-golf-courses-can-reopen-first

 

[IanM]

While I hope that we might get some golf in June, if not late May, it occurs to me that I have several Society Days/Opens in June and July needing an overnight stop. I can see the course being open, but even if the hotel is open, do I actually want to stay there?????

This could be the thing that scuppers the Forum Meet in October. Course Open, hotel not advisable!

I am having a bad day today, feeling quite negative. Need some good news soon.

 

[Tommy10]

3 week extension is up next Thursday, i'm hopeful we are going to get some good news by then about playing golf again, whether it's singles or 2 balls doesn't matter, as long as we can get on the course. It's definitely on the cards

 

[Deleted member 21258]

While I hope that we might get some golf in June, if not late May, it occurs to me that I have several Society Days/Opens in June and July needing an overnight stop. I can see the course being open, but even if the hotel is open, do I actually want to stay there?????

This could be the thing that scuppers the Forum Meet in October. Course Open, hotel not advisable!

I am having a bad day today, feeling quite negative. Need some good news soon.

Totally agree, we don't fancy staying at hotels or cottages and clubhouses aren't any better. We are going to have to find a solution once 'unnecessary journeys are allowed & golf clubs reopened', as the virus may not being going away for over a year. Was going to use the H4Hs JCB, Machrie and Blairgowrie vouchers this month but at least we are well.

Thinking maybe a tent or like is needed

 

[IanM]

Could be kipping the car at the Machrie! I've gone from hopeful to thinking "no chance" in the past 24 hours

 

[Tommy10]

https://www.bunkered.co.uk/golf-news/exclusive-leaked-report-paves-the-way-for-golfs-return

 

[Deleted member 18588]

https://www.bunkered.co.uk/golf-news/exclusive-leaked-report-paves-the-way-for-golfs-return

Having read that I have to say that I fear this may be fake news.

After all what has it got to do with the R&A?

How clubs operate post lockdown will surely be determined by the national bodies, England Golf and the equivalent bodies in the other nations.

Aside from Rules of Golf I cannot see that the R&A have any role in this.

 

[Jacko_G]

Having read that I have to say that I fear this may be fake news.

After all what has it got to do with the R&A?

How clubs operate post lockdown will surely be determined by the national bodies, England Golf and the equivalent bodies in the other nations.

Aside from Rules of Golf I cannot see that the R&A have any role in this.

What has it got to do with the R&A???

The governing body has no say in the crisis going forward? Are you serious?

 

[Deleted member 18588]

What has it got to do with the R&A???

The governing body has no say in the crisis going forward? Are you serious?

Completely serious.

In what way does the R&A affect or determine the day to day operation of recreational golf?

 

[GB72]

Had an email from golf England. They have not yet finalised their guidelines for issuing to clubs