Golf and Covid-19

In golf, it’s important to keep an open mind, or how could we deal with the many paradoxes and contradictions that are part of the game?

There are numerous examples: you want to hit the ball so it travels high, so you have to hit it low. For powerful strokes, you swing without any particular effort, because “less gets you more”. When the external environment seems hostile, a relaxed and even casual attitude has to take over. And so on.

In these difficult times when uncertainty lurks, golfers have the advantage of being able to keep an open mind and use all those tools they’ve acquired as players.

Currently, our leaders are our models and inspire us. They do their level best to reduce the crisis and limit the human and financial losses, while showing unprecedented leadership. And while the health-related and financial policies and rules vary from one country to another, basics are being put in place which – we hope – will return us to a normal life as quickly as possible.

In golf, as soon as you pay attention to what you don’t want, you’re toast. As a result, there are only advantages to staying positive. Optimists by nature like all good golfers, the folks who run the golf courses in Quebec have created a consortium that must present our government with a serious plan to open the courses as soon as restrictive measures are relaxed.

Golf will probably be one of the first safe and beneficial activities permitted because, by its nature, social distancing is part of the game.

It’s a given that you must continue to have an open mind, because you’ll be playing in conditions that are safe…but different. For example, while Florida is the third most pandemic-affected state in the United States, and has the largest number of “seniors” in the country, safe golf is being played in the majority of counties.

Like almost everywhere on the some 16,000 courses that are currently open in 32 American states, golfers play as a twosome with spaced departure times; one player per golf cart; no rakes, benches, ball-washers, towels, or even holes (a ring replaces the cup).

Touching the flag is strictly forbidden to playing partners and to employees. Access to the clubhouse, toilets and golf shop is limited and these facilities are disinfected after each visit. And just between ourselves, no matter what restrictions are in place when the courses open, we’ll all be there!

 

By the same author: Putting (Click the image below)

 

Pierre Brisebois60 Posts

Enseignant professionnel, top 25 enseignant au Canada selon National Post et Meilleur enseignant régionale en Amérique selon Golf Magazine / Professional teacher, National Post - Top 25 Teachers in Canada, Golf Magazine - Top Regional Teachers in America

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