Golf Lockdown Discussion ** No discussion of breaking Restrictions **

plumber77 wrote: »

Just in time for the Masters. Would be like Xmas for golfers IF that was to happen

Could well be the actual christmas......sorry.

I'm pissed off. Out for a run the other day and passed a few houses who just didn't give a flying f*&^ and were constructing extensions. Small private contractors with no shame, company names all over the place working away.
Passing by Coolmine sports campus I saw best part of a hundred kids / teenagers and quite possibly older men grouped together and playing full contact Astro over the weekend
Then I'm hearing of beauty salons opening up today and booked solid, girl in work tells me her sister in law is opening their window business next week.
Now I've sympathy for these people and I do actually believe that something needs to be done by the government to allow people to get back to normal, but the fact is we are in a lockdown and the majority of people are abiding the rules. Some self centred dicks seem to believe that they are above everyone else. :rolleyes:
To make it worse, even if I wanted to break the law and play golf, I can't unless somebody breaks the law and opens a course....... which ain't going to happen

ForeRight wrote: »

Schools were open last year for a long while up to December and didn’t cause too many problems to be fair.

Daily figures were a lot lower though then so that helped a lot. Plus those new variants seem to be a problem that wasn’t there pre Christmas

I am quietly confident that golf will be open before April 5th

Break80 wrote: »

I never thought I would say it.
I would play in a monsoon naked right now. ( Some sight I know)


Jesus I wished I stayed out at Captains Prize in Dooks last year:):):)

You and the rest of your fellow corkians. Thats why Dublin is The Capital

B-D-P-- wrote: »

Fine Gael Senator, Sean Kyne, calls for exemption to 5km travel limit for golfers and sea swimmers.

A terrible call, ya can't single out golf and swimming, exclude hiking, walking, tennis and other non contact sports and expect it to be well received..

If he made a better argument then this would be good news, but singleing out golf will only bring out the argumentative in non golfers..

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/fine-gael-senator-calls-for-exemption-to-5km-travel-limit-for-golfers-and-sea-swimmers-1.4491905

I know non-golfers who said they would love for golf to be allowed again as it would at least give them some hope other things could possibly open.

"Speaking about whether this would benefit middle class people above others" from another report I read. If people went to my local par 3 they'd know that it's far from posh, middle class people that play golf.

Seve OB wrote: »

I'm pissed off. Out for a run the other day and passed a few houses who just didn't give a flying f*&^ and were constructing extensions. Small private contractors with no shame, company names all over the place working away.
Passing by Coolmine sports campus I saw best part of a hundred kids / teenagers and quite possibly older men grouped together and playing full contact Astro over the weekend
Then I'm hearing of beauty salons opening up today and booked solid, girl in work tells me her sister in law is opening their window business next week.
Now I've sympathy for these people and I do actually believe that something needs to be done by the government to allow people to get back to normal, but the fact is we are in a lockdown and the majority of people are abiding the rules. Some self centred dicks seem to believe that they are above everyone else. :rolleyes:
To make it worse, even if I wanted to break the law and play golf, I can't unless somebody breaks the law and opens a course....... which ain't going to happen

Who would have thought running would be more frustrating than golf.

Miley Byrne wrote: »

Paul Hosford in the Examiner reckons we could see golf, tennis etc on the 5th April

https://www.newstalk.com/news/golf-and-non-contact-sports-training-could-return-in-march-varadkar-1148100

Our own Tánaiste said this two weeks ago. Such a shame.

Lot of vitriol on social media towards golf in the past day. Kinda sad. Guess we won't be getting out for at least another month or two.

Hypothetical question, if golf was to return soon, would you be ok if it was single players only?

Martin quote from the Examiner:
Martin added: “In terms of the sports situation, it still applies in relation to elite sports and coming up to April 5 we would then look at what more we can do in relation to some sports and outdoor activities more generally. We will wait until the week before April 5 to take an assessment on that.”

ClutchIt wrote: »

So case numbers under control = Golf on Apr 5th

I think this is the intention but what is the definition of "under control"?
"Data not dates" seems to be the new line - I would love to know how anyone could make a data driven decision where the measure is "low levels".

I think April 5th is a feasible target if we continue to get the numbers down, and I think it fits with the fairly underwhelming ****e that was fished out yesterday.

On the numbers I actually would be glad if 4s weren’t allowed. 2s is best from a social distancing perspective as you’re either walking or one should always be playing and one waiting. I played in a 4 with a mate and 2 strangers twice during December in Corballis and I didn’t enjoy it as much as I should.

People fall into old habits, some tight tee boxes promote grouping together in a cluster and it can be hard to enforce other people’s behaviour. One of our grouping at the end of the month just wanted to be telling one of the three of us at all times about his clubs, his gear, his game, and just stuck close to one of us at all times so he could keep talking.