Golfers, please do your patriotic duty...stay home!
 

So you think because you live in The Villages and have access to free golf that you need to be out on the courses playing every day? Has anyone told you that there is a deadly pandemic racing across America with many critical cases in Florida, including Marion, Lake and Sumter counties?

How about showing respect for the rest of us who have committed ourselves to staying in our homes to help end this pandemic. Those of us who were daily swimmers and/or enjoyed thousands of recreational activities? The rest of us have shut our lives down to stop the spread. We have sacrificed.

Golfers, do your patriotic duty. Go home and stay home.

If a couple goes out and plays by themselves and they get near nobody, I’m not sure I see the problem.

Same is true of any golf group that maintains social distancing and doesn't touch anything that isn't theirs. There seems to be a subset, hopefully small, that feels if they can't go play bunco at a rec center, then nobody else should do what they enjoy.
To them, they have 2 choices
1) take up golf
2) Play (bunco) with themselves

I passed a foursome outside at their table playing cards an hour ago. They were around 3 feet away from each other, which is probably fine considering that they're probably years-long neighbors and friends and they're probably either all four exposed to it, or all four not exposed, by now.

No one is suggesting we isolate ourselves inside our homes and not go out for the next few months. If you want to do that, great. If you're sick and feel it's best for everyone else, awesome. Immunocompromised? I get it.

But if you're otherwise healthy, there's no reason why you can't leave your home, get some fresh air and a walk, and interact (at a reasonable distance) with your friends, neighbors, and even golf partners.

The problem with pools isn't just people being IN the pool, which could easily be limited by having swim lanes (a la sports pools). It's people hanging out AT the pool on the lounge chairs in close proximity to each other.

My husband and I golf together, don’t get close to anyone else, and it falls within all the CDC guidelines of physical distance from others. I don’t see what the problem is.

After tomorrow's golf I'm heeding the advice and lock myself in the walk in cliset and not come out until I get the authentification code acknowedged from Zaldar,supreme leader.

Passed by Hill Top Executive GC yesterday on the way home from the supermarket around 3PM.
A group (8 Players of so) of golfers waiting at the end of the 9th hole. (not even 4 foot apart) I guess waiting for the rest of the groups.
Guarantee if management would of seen that I'm sure they would of close golfing...

Playing cards seems like a reasonable way to pass a virus...…………………...

As I said - it's likely that all four of them either have been exposed to the virus, or haven't been exposed to the virus by now. So it really wouldn't matter much. Sort of like couples who live together and do activities together all the time. If one of them was exposed, chances are both of them were exposed.

Yes, please, stay away. The courses are too crowded and I really enjoy playing alone.

The difference between four of them being infected and just one of them is not three. Its the difference between how many others will be infected by 1 vs. 4. It’s a world of difference.

I'm playing Cane Garden tomorrow and it's not free, it's $64. In My group everyone is riding in their own carts and the course is 7 minutes from my house. A little fresh air and exercise is good since MVP has been closed for two weeks.

Yes I do think I can golf. Patriotism, what do you know of that? Fly the flag in your yard, pay your taxes...I would have loved to have you next to me the last time I literally walked though a minefield.

I look at it a little differently.

I have had grandchildren ask me, with the stay at home order am I still playing golf?

Going to CC for a drink afterwards.

I am obligated to set the example for the younger folks. Show that I am heeding the guidelines and actions recommended to take to help curtail the virus spread.
I cannot rationalize to them why it is OK for various reasons (that might make sense to a lot of us).....

Being way.....WAY over 65....I will not be playing golf until the over 65 stay at home order is terminated.

I'm not a big golfer but others playing is not bothering me. I'm closer to dozens more people for a longer period of time when I go to the grocery store and nobody is saying we shouldn't shop for food...yet.

The golf holes have been removed from the golf courses and have been replaced with pvc tubing to avoid having to remove your ball from the cup. You're either riding by yourself or with your spouse and are around the same 1-3 folks the entire time.
With a little diligence you won't get closer than 10 feet to your playing partners.

You can complain about the random group that doesn't follow the social distancing rules but those are likely the same people exhibiting similar behaviors everywhere they go.

The golf course is safer than the hospital.

I golf twice a week with a bunch of guys. We try to keep our distance. I wonder if the OP goes to the grocery stores? I did today. Went to WalMart and Publix, bought about 10 items between the 2 stores. I was probably closer to 40 different people that I will never see again. So, I guess I hope the OP NEVER goes out for anything.

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A patriot risks their lives so others may have liberty.... so what is a person who asks other to forfeit their liberty in hopes of preserving their own life?

This is the problem!! This attitude - this is why the virus is spreading.......

Actually the bovine excrement is spreading faster than the virus.LOL.

Whoa there newby, with one post.

How about all the people from NY/NJ that's supposed to be self quarantining themselves when they enter our state? That's the main reason the virus is spreading, not people out getting fresh air playing golf!

Walking
 

Do you feel the same about couples walking by themselves in your neighborhood?

To the original poster and the other negatives. Golf seems to me to be about the safest thing one can do in the current situation for activity outside the home. Not sure the original intent of the post. Do it right and it is fine. My friends are going about it the right way. Don't agree then don't play. Simple. Not about infecting anyone else.

No, it's a highly contagious virus and that's why it's spreading. Your "attitude" has nothing to do with it. Your ACTIONS are what is important.

I'm still concerned that we have planeloads of people from the NE that are coming here to escape a stay at home order, that are told to stay at home here for 14 days. What could possibly go wrong with THAT?

Thanks, I really needed that laugh!:clap2:

Mandatory nationwide shut down

Golfers
 

I am sure many of us appreciate your concerns but the golfers are not only riding in their own carts, are out doors not touching the flag pole, staying six feet away from each other and the clerks are wearing gloves, wiping our card with wipes and not allowing us to touch anything. Being outdoors whether walking or exercising one way or the other is a great way to pass the time.

Grocery stores are 10 times worse, than golf.

Read more post less.

So stay in your home and you won't have anything to worry about.

Where is one more likely to pick up the virus? Out in the sun, with the UV rays that look like they’re a weapon against the virus, using your own cart, practicing social distancing and only touching your own equipment, or Walmart?

A few days ago I saw a block party going on and social distancing was not important to those people. When I’m out on the golf cart for fresh air I constantly see groups of people not practicing social distancing and in the grocery stores people will breath down each other’s necks. Golf is probably the second safest activity next to just staying home. Get the impromptu social gatherings to stop and then you’ll be onto something.

I see most foursomes taking 4 carts, the cups are raised so there is no contact with the hole or flag, sand trap rakes have been removed and you are outdoors. I am extremely cautious during these times, but I think the golf is nearly 100% safe. I mean compare it to food shopping

Same for Pickleball players. Why can’t you just give it up.

The one thing that should stop is don’t use the outdoor exercise equipment on the walking paths. Yes it is outside and the sun is shiny on it. BUT, how many sweaty people have put their hands on it and how long ago was it touched? It it NOT being sanitized between users. It’s metal and rubber hand grips. Walk but don’t touch

There is an over 65 stay at home order? Are you sure?

First of all I think most people felt closing the sport pools which were only open to lap swimming was an overreach. If they were reopened would you consider that unpatriotic ?
Golf happens to be A safe and easy activity with keeping physical distancing You may not be aware that all rakes are removed and flag handling eliminated with pvc sleeves protruding from the holes.
I hope you are staying safe in your own way

It used to be called THE DRAFT.

I agree the villages should find themes

well said