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Golf Lockdown Discussion No discussion of breaking Restrictions

Keano

Time to discuss what golf is going to look like for next year, maybe more, who knows.

What is your club doing? What would you like to see happen?

Mod note: we have done to death the restrictions(5k jumping to 20k in June) so this is not a thread for discussing that topic, take it to COVID-19 forum

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Slimity

So GAA training is considered safer than tennis and golf?

Right yea, you've lost me now lads.

11521323

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Try being a Doctor or a nurse at the minute.

You will get your Game soon

Get a grip, lockdown 5 million people because of a few thousand who have to work a bit harder than usual? That's not the way the world works.

Whiplash85

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Try being a Doctor or a nurse at the minute.

You will get your Game soon

The hospitals have never been quieter. My wife is a nurse and she says this repeatedly. People are not presenting for any matter of ailments and it seems many will only countenacne going to a hospital if it is a matter of life and death. Try being a construction worker, pilot, business owner, hospitality worker. A kid wanting to play sport, a young person wanting to go to college, meet someone, start a family.

What has happened this bloody country.....

RGS

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Try being a Doctor or a nurse at the minute.

You will get your Game soon

My wife is a nurse and is strongly of the view golf should be open.

As previously stated golf in Ireland has the longest lockdown 189 days compared to 167 in NI( upto 5/4/21) which is now going out by another 3 weeks so golf will be closed 210 days in the last 12 months compared to 167 in NI and just over 60 in Scotland.

The excuses used to continue to keep outdoor activities closed are just NPHET trying to micro manage every aspect of peoples lives. Don't open things up just in case a few lads stop off for coffee.
People are stopping off for coffee and petrol, including golfers, every day of the week, but put a set of clubs in the car and it becomes an issue.

opinionated3

Whiplash85 wrote: »

The hospitals have never been quieter. My wife is a nurse and she says this repeatedly. People are not presenting for any matter of ailments and it seems many will only countenacne going to a hospital if it is a matter of life and death. Try being a construction worker, pilot, business owner, hospitality worker. A kid wanting to play sport, a young person wanting to go to college, meet someone, start a family.

What has happened this bloody country.....

And sadly there's an out of control train coming hurtling down the track in the near future...... delayed diagnosis of various serious ailments like cancer etc.....

dk1982

Incredibly high number of nurses husbands on here. Hmmm

flanzer

RGS wrote: »

My wife is a nurse and is strongly of the view golf should be open.

As previously stated golf in Ireland has the longest lockdown 189 days compared to 167 in NI( upto 5/4/21) which is now going out by another 3 weeks so golf will be closed 210 days in the last 12 months compared to 167 in NI and just over 60 in Scotland.

The excuses used to continue to keep outdoor activities closed are just NPHET trying to micro manage every aspect of peoples lives. Don't open things up just in case a few lads stop off for coffee.
People are stopping off for coffee and petrol, including golfers, every day of the week, but put a set of clubs in the car and it becomes an issue.

Same here. It's beyond farcical at this stage. She's gone as far as saying she 'can't wait for golf to reopen' (probably due to my moping around!). I won't be seeing her for months, when it does eventually open :pac:

Mantis Toboggan

April 26th? What a load of nonsense, roll on the election, they'll be getting a shock.

Whiplash85

dk1982 wrote: »

Incredibly high number of nurses husbands on here. Hmmm

There are over 80,000 registered nurses in Ireland (many of them women who happen to be wives). They are hardly rare as hens teeth now are they. Anyway I couldn't be arsed ladybirding this for you anymore. Go look at the data yourself like a good little boy.

The_Kew_Tour

dk1982 wrote: »

Incredibly high number of nurses husbands on here. Hmmm

Seems like nurses are having the time of their lives.:pac:

dk1982

Whiplash85 wrote: »

There are over 80,000 registered nurses in Ireland (many of them women who happen to be wives). They are hardly rare as hens teeth now are they. Anyway I couldn't be arsed ladybirding this for you anymore. Go look at the data yourself like a good little boy.

Haha struck a nerve there. 3 of the last 5 or so posts happened to be nurses husbands, incredibleðŸ˜‚!

Kiith

How in the name of christ is GAA considered safer then golf or tennis? It makes literally no sense.

I'll take the 26th, even if its ****ing stupid, but if this decision was in any way based on science or safety, golf and tennis would be open before GAA.

h2005

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

April 26th? What a load of nonsense, roll on the election, they'll be getting a shock.

The opposition have hardly been advocating for us to open up either. Actually there is no opposition.

Telecaster58

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Think that's fair enough.

It's only 209 days now, you'd hardly notice it. Pathetic from an inept Government.

Mantis Toboggan

Kiith wrote: »

How in the name of christ is GAA considered safer then golf or tennis? It makes literally no sense.

I'll take the 26th, even if its ****ing stupid, but if this decision was in any way based on science or safety, golf and tennis would be open before GAA.

Think it's just elite level gaa, same way other elite sports are still going on. 99% off gaa participants aren't elite.

opinionated3

26th April and two balls only according to the indo. I'm actually beyond angry at this stage.. Dublin zoo is opening before golf and tennis...

Mantis Toboggan

h2005 wrote: »

The opposition have hardly been advocating for us to open up either. Actually there is no opposition.

Good point but this government think they're infallible and are out of touch.

Kiith

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Think it's just elite level gaa, same way other elite sports are still going on. 99% off gaa participants aren't elite.

Even with that, aren't all GAA players regular people with regular jobs? So how does it make more sense that they train with 15-20 other people, then go to their regular jobs, when we can't play with 2-4 people, and go to our regular jobs?

It's not a decision based in anything other then how it will look.

The_Kew_Tour

Telecaster58 wrote: »

It's only 209 days now, you'd hardly notice it. Pathetic from an inept Government.

I want play golf as much as anyone but plenty other sports not even getting a look in.

When you consider rumours of mid may to even end of June I would take April 26th now.

I can't see SF being the guys to bail out golf in this country

Wombatman

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1376871807010152456

RGS

dk1982 wrote: »

Incredibly high number of nurses husbands on here. Hmmm

Are you accusing me of lying?

She is a nurse and due to the incompetence of her hospital was infected with covid Christmas week and duly infected me.

Thankfully we have both recovered and she received her two doses of the vaccine recently.

11521323

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

I want play golf as much as anyone but plenty other sports not even getting a look in.

When you consider rumours of mid may to even end of June I would take April 26th now.

I can't see SF being the guys to bail out golf in this country

It's wet blankets like you who allow the government to get away with this ****e repeatedly.

PARlance

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Think it's just elite level gaa, same way other elite sports are still going on. 99% off gaa participants aren't elite.

And 100% of elite GAA players aren't professional, and can't bubble like the professional athletes they're being bundled in with. It's a political decision due to the political clout that the GAA carries.

The_Kew_Tour

11521323 wrote: »

It's wet blankets like you who allow the government to get away with this ****e repeatedly.

You think SF will have opened up next week or by now?

You think a party like that will do more for Golf?:pac:

RGS

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

I want play golf as much as anyone but plenty other sports not even getting a look in.

When you consider rumours of mid may to even end of June I would take April 26th now.

I can't see SF being the guys to bail out golf in this country

Golf is easy to socially distance hence other sports which are contact based are not getting talked about at this junction.

Opening the likes of the Zoo and other attractions is a good idea but 2 weeks before golf or tennis is hard to understand.

bustercherry

RGS wrote: »

My wife is a nurse and is strongly of the view golf should be open.

As previously stated golf in Ireland has the longest lockdown 189 days compared to 167 in NI( upto 5/4/21) which is now going out by another 3 weeks so golf will be closed 210 days in the last 12 months compared to 167 in NI and just over 60 in Scotland.

The excuses used to continue to keep outdoor activities closed are just NPHET trying to micro manage every aspect of peoples lives. Don't open things up just in case a few lads stop off for coffee.
People are stopping off for coffee and petrol, including golfers, every day of the week, but put a set of clubs in the car and it becomes an issue.

In fairness she does have a vested interst in lobbying for it to be open

Mantis Toboggan

PARlance wrote: »

And 100% of elite GAA players aren't professional, and can't bubble like the professional athletes they're being bundled in with. It's a political decision due to the political clout that the GAA carries.

What professional athletes in Ireland are in a bubble and have no contact with people outside the bubble?

RoadRunner

It's clearer again that the closure of golf is simply for optics and not worry about movement of people within the county with intercounty travel being the first of the restrictions to be lifted.

Miley Byrne

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

What professional athletes in Ireland are in a bubble and have no contact with people outside the bubble?

The provincial rugby squads

blue note

Slimity wrote: »

So GAA training is considered safer than tennis and golf?

Right yea, you've lost me now lads.

Really? Gaa back but golf not? That's surprising. I'll be glad to get back training though.

But how are they allowing back 300 or so teams in Dublin and no golf clubs?