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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrins View Post
    Scratch or die or both. Go for it Benno!
    I'll be dead before I ever hit scratch. I have the belt hanging from the door, and a bottle of lube ready to go....

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    Quote Originally Posted by benno_r View Post
    I'll be dead before I ever hit scratch. I have the belt hanging from the door, and a bottle of lube ready to go....
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    This, and pretty much only this.

    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Burgundy View Post
    So if your club closes the clubhouse
    If they send virtually all of their staff home other than maybe one poor bastard in the pro shop left there for you all to cough on
    If they remove the bunker rakes
    If they remove the flags
    if they remove sand buckets
    If they raise the cups out of the ground so you can't even get your ball in the hole
    If all the bunkers are GUR
    If all the water bubblers our covered
    If all the ball cleaners are covered
    If they only send out twosomes
    If the tee times are spaced out
    If they don't use carts
    If at all times people stay >1.5m away from each other
    If everyone with cold/flu like symptoms stays away
    If everyone >70 years old stay away
    If everyone else at high risk stays home too
    If anyone who's been in contact with someone who might have it stays home too
    If probably more shit has to go right too
    If you have to get very lucky

    Then you can still play golf. But that's a lot of ifs, particularly when it relies on every single other person doing exactly what the're supposed to also, when most of them can't be persuaded to fill divots or repair pitch marks at the best of times.

    Or you can just stay at home like the rest of the world is. Missing a few weeks of golf won't kill you. But the virus might.

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    banning removing the flagstick has one benefit - by the afternoon the flagsticks are still sitting straight in the cups!

    I dunno if its becuase our cups or pins are old, greenkeeper technigue, or corellas eating the holes, but ours fill up with dust as the day goes on so the flag dont sit straight
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    Dandruff?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Burgundy View Post
    So if your club closes the clubhouse
    If x 100

    Stay. The. ****. Home.
    And the reasons listed above is why our club has decided to close......

    Only takes one idiot to have the virus and it’s shut down city anyway


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    https://www.golf.org.au/covid-19

    Monday update posted

    It is Golf Australia’s recommendation that, based on the Prime Minister’s announcement on Sunday evening, March 29 that limits outdoor gatherings to two persons or fewer, all golf clubs and facilities should close until further notice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrins View Post
    On the subject of not getting it.
    Weather report on channel 9 today has their talking head standing on a beach in Cronulla with a cluster of surfers behind him. A group of the wax heads are breaking the social distancing.
    Bunch of cops went out off the rocks at North Bondi today with a megaphone told a bunch of surfers if they don’t come in straight away they will wait till they do then fine them!
    Was pretty funny to see....

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    all closed as of tonight.

    Australian golf clubs advised to close

    by Golf Australia




    Golf Australia has advised all Australian golf clubs and facilities to close until further notice.

    Golf Australia chairman Andrew Newbold said the recommendation was based on the Prime Minister’s announcement on Sunday evening (29 March) that limits outdoor gatherings to two persons or fewer.

    The Prime Minister said all Australians should stay at home except for:
    • Shopping for essentials
    • Medical purposes
    • Exercise
    • Work and education, if you cannot work or learn remotely

    Some Premiers and Chief Ministers have already supported this view and reinforced to their residents that this advice should be followed. It is expected that states/territories will all take this position in coming days.

    Newbold said government messaging had been clear on what constituted exercise and while golf is used as exercise for many, it was clear golf did not fall within those parameters in the past 24 hours.

    “Golf Australia acknowledges that some state and territory governments will provide additional information and we will keep you up to date as and when additional state and territory-based announcements are made so you are clear on the legalities of golf courses and their operations moving forward,” Newbold said.
    “While this is a difficult time for the golf industry and wider society, Golf Australia is committed to working with clubs and facilities across the states and territories to ensure that we return a vibrant, strong industry.”

    Golf Australia has also, in conjunction with the Australian Sports Turf Management Association, Golf NSW and Golf WA begun to lobby both Federal and state governments to ensure that – in the event of a further increase in restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 – course staff will be able to continue to access clubs and facilities.
    “We will keep you all up to date as to the status of these discussions, although it should be noted that as of now there are no further restrictions on current greenkeeping operations,” Newbold said.

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    Inside goss from a GA staffer is that they are lobbying the states hard. Whether that helps or not is another thing. Bottom line is that the decisions will be made by the states.
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    Same advice on Golf NSW website. Closed from midnight. Course staff can still attend and carry out maintenance. Apparently golf is not considered as exercise in the circumstances.

    A stupid question: If the course is closed, but you are a member, can you be charged with trespass if you set foot on said course?

    I suspect the answer is yes, but I don't know for sure.

    I'm going to predict that comps will shut down, but golfers will be permitted to play solo, or maybe even in two's.
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    They use the word golf club and facilities.
    Does course count as facilities?

    Better remember the Governments stance the next time G.A runs any campaign or puts out any literature and mentions Golf and exercise in the same spiel.
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    Gailes just sent out an email saying that they will still be open for play.

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    Quote Originally Posted by markTHEblake View Post
    Inside goss from a GA staffer is that they are lobbying the states hard. Whether that helps or not is another thing. Bottom line is that the decisions will be made by the states.
    I’m sure that GA have been a real asset.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimandr View Post
    Same advice on Golf NSW website. Closed from midnight. Course staff can still attend and carry out maintenance. Apparently golf is not considered as exercise in the circumstances.

    A stupid question: If the course is closed, but you are a member, can you be charged with trespass if you set foot on said course?

    I suspect the answer is yes, but I don't know for sure.

    I'm going to predict that comps will shut down, but golfers will be permitted to play solo, or maybe even in two's.
    What a ****in joke! Golf is possibly one thing you can do quite safely. It's possible to play without touching anything anyone else has touched, you can keep your distance and depending on when you play, you might not even cross paths with a single person. I'm more likely to catch something going to Woolworths when I have to line up to get my ****in toilet paper!

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    Clubs NSW were lobbying for clubs to stay open for golf for social play. They are more than aware that course maintenance is expensive and no revenue over multiple months will kill more than a few clubs.

    Golf Australia worried about how they would look being the last sport still playing. Don’t seem to care about the welfare of their member clubs.

    And, they still intend to debit affiliation fees tonight - when every other supplier and provider has deferred everything until clubs reopen.
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    I hope all clubs stay open and gives GA the big middle finger.
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    I found out at 1750 yesterday evening, I was at my course by 1830, and enjoyed one glorious final hour at dusk on the golf course. It was quite emotional. I tried to soak it all in - take mental pictures so I would remember what the course looked like and what it feels like to play golf. I hit my drives on the last two holes and (couldn't see the ball in the dark) just slowly walked the last two holes. It was so peaceful; being on a golf course by yourself late in the evening is a very spiritual experience. Amongst many other virtues, golf is fantastic for practising mindfulness...will have to find some other way to keep myself from bouncing off the walls for the next few months.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AlexMc View Post
    Golf Australia worried about how they would look being the last sport still playing. Don’t seem to care about the welfare of their member clubs.
    Virtue signalling at it's best from GA.



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    Good to see the messages regarding staying at home, social isolation and flattening the curve really got through to you guys.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Peppas View Post
    Good to see the messages regarding staying at home, social isolation and flattening the curve really got through to you guys.
    Playing golf and ticking off 2 out of 3 there is a pretty good result.

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    Belarusian golf is pumping.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peppas View Post
    Good to see the messages regarding staying at home, social isolation and flattening the curve really got through to you guys.
    The rules shouldn’t apply to people they inconvenience

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    Quote Originally Posted by 3puttpete View Post
    The rules shouldn’t apply to people they inconvenience
    But playing golf is "technically" correct....

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    If it was a rule, golf courses would have been closed down by the government, along with many other things.


 

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