Will 9 Holes become Golf's new 'Standard Round'

[jim8flog]

Does not work where I play we go out and up and out and up an out and up then down and down and back and then up and down in one big round trip.

Easy to do on our 9 hole course.

 

[timd77]

This 2 ball rubbish is just nonsense
How can a 3 acre site like our Tesco have 200 people on it in various places but a 500 acre site can’t have 72 on it in various places.

Because buying food is an unavoidable necessary risk...

 

[Deleted member 18588]

This 2 ball rubbish is just nonsense
How can a 3 acre site like our Tesco have 200 people on it in various places but a 500 acre site can’t have 72 on it in various places.

Don't think many courses cover 500 acres.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

The government won’t determine What guidelines in regards numbers on the course - they will no doubt request social distancing is applied and of course no bar or restaurant etc

England Golf will put forward recommended guidelines etc and then clubs will decided whether to follow them to the letter or introduce their own guidelines but the club and golfers will need to adhere to social distancing.

I suspect 2 balls may well be recommended or 9 holes only but I don’t see many clubs doing the 9 holes only

2,3 or 4 balls will work but there will be bigger gaps on the tee etc

 

[pokerjoke]

Don't think many courses cover 500 acres.

So your saying some are?

 

[pokerjoke]

Because buying food is an unavoidable necessary risk...

True but surely more people in a smaller space equals more risk.
I’m not desperate to play golf by the way can quite happily give it a miss

 

[Deleted member 18588]

So your saying some are?

Can't think of any 18 holes.

 

[CliveW]

What difference will it make to the numbers on the course if playing 18 holes or two lots playing only nine?

 

[2blue]

MetalMickie said:
Don't think many courses cover 500 acres.
So your saying some are?

Manchester Golf Club is one of the most expansive 18 holes in Eng.... though still not 500 acres

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

It's a bit pedantic quibbling over how many acres a golf course covers, the fact is even if there are 25 groups of 4balls on a course there is still plenty of room to socially distance

 

[rulefan]

I think the theory behind just allowing 2 balls is that pace of play will be similar so less likely to have bunching at bottlenecks around the course.
With 2,3 and 4 balls on the course every group is going to move at different speeds and cause queuing - which is exactly what they don't want to cause...

10 minute start times for all groups would help

 

[KenL]

Not all courses are set up for 2 loops of 9, so don’t think it’ll work.

i can see the reasoning behind it though

Our 10th is about 2 miles from the clubhouse!

 

[rulefan]

you need to remember that these Polititians, as far as I know, are not golfers. /QUOTE]
https://parliamentary.golf/

 

[BubbaP]

We played the week before lockdown in 4 balls quite happily keeping our distance from each other. Touching elbows, no rakes, no touching flag.

We can easily go back to this. We paid for the comp by using contactless through the window. I'm sure we would all be happy to give up comps this year if we can just get back out on the grass.

4 ball golf can be a simple enough thing to work.

Book online
Arrive and meet at the door of shop.
Move to putting green.
Move to tee
Leave after the game.

You arrive and stay in your group while keeping a safe distance.
Dont mix with other groups.
If you bunch on the course. Stay 25yards from the tee till it clears.

Sorry to pick up on this as maybe it wasn't the point you were making, but if the group were touching elbows, then they weren't keeping 2 metres apart (social distancing)

 

[2blue]

2blue said:
you need to remember that these Polititians, as far as I know, are not golfers. /QUOTE]
https://parliamentary.golf/
Thanks ??.... but not one in the Leeds area.... Dooh

 

[garyinderry]

Sorry to pick up on this as maybe it wasn't the point you were making, but if the group were touching elbows, then they weren't keeping 2 metres apart (social distancing)

It was the guidance at the time.

 

[5OTT]

After 5 weeks I understand the reasons and thinking behind lock down but i find it hard to reconsile that I have been in work 6 days a week since the lock down was introduced in a company with over 150 people on site, I come home each night and take the dog out for a walk for 1 hour where i pass maybe another 60 - 70 people and then three times a week I go shopping where there are in excess of 100 people and very haphazard distancing taking place. And dispite all of this it is being suggested that I can not be trusted to play golf in a group of more than 2 people.

 

[peld]

Because buying food is an unavoidable necessary risk...

Buying paint or bedding plants is an avoidable risk and they have allowed B&Q to open

 

[jim8flog]

Buying paint or bedding plants is an avoidable risk and they have allowed B&Q to open

I've got a leaking tap

 

[rulefan]

Buying paint or bedding plants is an avoidable risk and they have allowed B&Q to open

Home & hardware shops are a permitted business. Any shop that is open may sell any product they normally sell.
eg Tesco, a food store, can sell bin bags or toys.
B&Q originally decided to close even though their subsidiary Screwfix maintained a collect business.
https://www.housebeautiful.com/uk/l...navirus-uk-lockdown-essential-shops-hardware/