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Golf Reopened - check out the regulations...( nannystate bullshit )

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  • UWerentThereMan
    UWerentThereMan Member Posts: 3,475
    25: consider letting golfers “bring their own beer” or “six packs” of alcoholic beverages to cut down on social interactions or exchanges of currency.
  • MelloDawg
    MelloDawg Member Posts: 6,917
    Victory for the Field, in my opinion.
  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    MelloDawg said:

    Victory for the Field, in my opinion.

    Why? It was growing free until this.
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,232

    25: consider letting golfers “bring their own beer” or “six packs” of alcoholic beverages to cut down on social interactions or exchanges of currency.

    That'd be wrong and illegal
  • Bob_C
    Bob_C Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 13,293 Founders Club
    2somes only. Courses gonna price gauge, don’t blame them either.
  • ramenduck
    ramenduck Member Posts: 734
    It's unnecessarily granular, but I'd take it. Of all activities, golf is one that didn't need closing. Give me six feet and don't walk in my line. If you can't do that, you're golfing wrong.

    Many courses, even country clubs run on razor thin margins, and if they've been unable to even conduct maintenance, some are way behind the 8-ball already.

    Two of my favorites were hurting before COVID and I fear they won't make it back.
  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,591 Standard Supporter
    edited April 2020
    ramenduck said:

    It's unnecessarily granular, but I'd take it. Of all activities, golf is one that didn't need closing. Give me six feet and don't walk in my line. If you can't do that, you're golfing wrong.

    Many courses, even country clubs run on razor thin margins, and if they've been unable to even conduct maintenance, some are way behind the 8-ball already.

    Two of my favorites were hurting before COVID and I fear they won't make it back.

    Country clubs are old rich and white.

    They were a target before the COVID. The old rich and white country clubs will survive but the young poor and non-white club employees are pretty well fucked because they can't pick up range balls or drive the beer cart or give handies to the members out of bounds in exchange for tips.


  • doogie
    doogie Member Posts: 15,072
    Will there be a rules test before you can tee off?
  • Bob_C
    Bob_C Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 13,293 Founders Club
    ramenduck said:

    It's unnecessarily granular, but I'd take it. Of all activities, golf is one that didn't need closing. Give me six feet and don't walk in my line. If you can't do that, you're golfing wrong.

    Many courses, even country clubs run on razor thin margins, and if they've been unable to even conduct maintenance, some are way behind the 8-ball already.

    Two of my favorites were hurting before COVID and I fear they won't make it back.

    Country clubs have a chance at least, partially fixed revenue and mostly fixed expenses. Shortfalls just get funded anyways through assessments. My club claims 2/3 of revenue is from dues rest from cart fees and food and bev. F&B is break even at best, not a huge deal if it goes away. It’s a value adder for experience and not a profit generator, prices reflect that. No one cares if you bring your own beer. The good ones will always survive just from the supply side.

    Public courses are fucked though. Food and bev are profit centers. Revenue dips and maintenance dips and course suffers and less can be charged per round. Spiral of death. Guessing Inslee will do some mystery shopping on the public side so there rules enforcement will have to be stronger. Private clubs will largely ignore the inconvenient rules.