COVID-19 and tournaments (MOD EDIT: NO CORONAVIRUS DISCUSSIONS. KEEP RESPONSES ON TOPIC)

[leezer99]

Bright side is that y'all get a chance to practice homeschooling. You better be practicing an extra 4 hours per day.

[wildcatden]

 

 

LOL!! It's a dry run in the "homeschool for the PGA Tour" scenario.

[Pepperturbo]

Read here: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)COVID-19 in California by the Numbers (as of 8 a.m. Pacific Time):

4 – Deaths

198 – Positive cases (this does not include passengers from the Grand Princess cruise ship currently docked in Oakland)

Of all the confirmed positive cases:

Age 0 – 17: 4 casesAge 18 – 64: 113 casesAge 65+: 79 casesUnknown: 2 cases24 – Cases of positive tests related to federal repatriation flights

174 – Cases not related to repatriation flights

60 - Travel-related43 - Person to person44 - Community transmission27 - Under investigation

11,100+ – Number of people self-monitoring who returned to the U.S. through SFO or LAX

49 – Number of local health jurisdictions involved in self-monitoring

19 – Labs with test kits, 18 of which are already testing

 

[Medson]

Golf courses in the Bay Area gonna be crowded starting from next week ...

[Kcct82]

Well, this week’s local USKG tournament is cancelled... Already practicing more now (at home) lol

[Tannerbug33]

Our local tours in Georgia are still on. Hopefully they want cancel got to have something to do.

In all seriousness we must take personal responsibility if you are sick don't go out are be around people. If you are immune compromised please be careful about where you go and who you go around.

We are definitely getting plenty of practice in this coming week.

[BFD3]

PGA Jr League is not postponing the season as of yet...at least in Arizona. Youth lacrosse is still on as well. Not being able to watch my kids play both sports would depress me more than losing professional or college sports.

[leezer99]

Check the golf courses you frequent. I heard LaFayette is closing muni courses.

[leezer99]

NCAA instituted a dead period until April 15th.

[Tannerbug33]

So far everyone is open. We played today and it was slammed. This thing is changing so fast there is no telling what might happen. I can honestly say I have never scene anything like this.

[leezer99]

Played with a guy today that said he hasn't seen anything like this since the oil crisis of '73.

[JuniorGolfParent]

Social distancing is key

The main concern is hospitals and health services becoming overwhelmed by a mass outbreak; there aren’t enough beds and respirators in a crisis infection scenario like other countries have seen

That would put everyone (not just elderly and pre-disposed) at risk

Good (long) article on it:https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

[nuthin but a hacker]

Local junior tour cancelled all events until April 18. Schools around us are closing. Schools in our county are still open but I suspect they will change their mind soon. The wife works at a middle school and they were told to start planning to hold classes for a month away from school.

[heavy_hitter]

I am honestly shocked their has been no statement out of the AJGA yet.

[tiger1873]

Like everyone else it seems as if every tournament is now cancelled for everyone. With the exception of AJGA events for some unknown reason.

My assumption is no tournaments until May 1st which is really not good. My kids are really upset over this and I noticed a real issue with stress in them. Luckily we can play golf for now but honestly the focus is more on using golf as a way to relax then practice right now.

Economically this going to be a big blow to junior golf and it’s hard to predict how things are going to change.

[heavy_hitter]

US Kids Locals are still happening.

[JuniorGolfParent]

I think all tournaments will have to be cancelled/postponed, at least until mid-April. Several states are banning gatherings of 50 people or more.

 

[kekoa]

We've been out on the course both saturday and sunday and it was packed. The range was full too and there are tons of stalls.

[JuniorGolfParent]

That makes sense - and we've noticed similar.

You just can't have official, organized events with large groups though.

[hangontight]

US Kids Just sent an email postponing Jekyll Island Regional until 9/12-13. No suprise, however they are keeping kids in same age group as they are now, which I cannot figure out why. Text from email RE age groups below. What am I missing?AGE GROUPS

The event's original age cut-off (February 29, 2020) will remain in effect. Your player(s) will compete in the same age group. All new registrations will follow the same age cut-off date. 

[tiger1873]

AJGA just posted on their website

March 16, 2020

Based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), World Health Organization (WHO) and other global golf partners, the American Junior Golf Association will postpone its entire spring schedule.

"To address health concerns from COVID-19, we wanted to simplify our plans to allow our community to focus on its most urgent needs," said Executive Director Stephen Hamblin. "We’ve taken the past few days to align with mission-critical partners, host facilities and local leaders and ask for their support in rescheduling spring events. We plan to open the season Memorial Day weekend and conduct an expanded schedule with seven events per week to maximize playing opportunities for members."In the coming days, members should expect: 

Rescheduled events from March 19-May 3 will return to the Schedule when confirmed. Full refunds, or donations, processed for tournament entry fees in sequential order. Event applications opened for Memorial Day and beyond.Additional member communications as needed. At this time, the AJGA plans to resume safe tournament operations by the end of May but we will continue to monitor rapidly changing circumstances and advice from the CDC, WHO and global partners. We will continue to make, and announce, changes as required. 

AJGA National Headquarters will be closed to the public through March 30. Customer service by phone will be available, but may be more limited during this time.

[heavy_hitter]

US Kids Locals just started the cancellation process.

[darter79]

That is very very strange on the age groups!

[leezer99]

LA City Junior Championship scheduled for the first week of April was cancelled. Says they are looking to reschedule during the summer but there's literally no weekends open to schedule it into.

[leezer99]

With an additional few days of info, does anyone think this will span into the summer "World Championships"... ie; FCG, IMG, US Kids, etc.?

[cubuffs]

Yet that still hasn't stopped most families - at least in Williamson County - from heading to beach in Florida....

[JuniorGolfParent]

I personally think the summer (July/Aug) Junior Golf Championships are at risk. Translation: 50/50

Reason being they have to make decisions imminently about invitations/acceptances, and families have to make travel arrangements, all at the height of the panic. And there is real panic now.

Airlines are reducing capacity (flights) dramatically, and even if you book a flight it could be cancelled. Staying in a hotel is a real risk due to re-circulated air, etc.

I would advise JuniorGolfParent(s) only sign up for local (driving distance) events, with flexible cancellation/refund policies until the dust settles. 2020 seems like a write-off (asterisk) year.

[darter79]

based on what uskg is doing they don’t seem like they will cancel. They Judy reschedule Jekyll and told me it’s up to tour directors in terms of locals.

 

consider this - Jekyll is less than two weeks they just now reschedule it. Worlds could be modified sone but I bet it happens in one form or another.

 

[heavy_hitter]

I agree.

[tiger1873]

It looks like HJGT is trying to start back up in 2 weeks. I am not very optimistic it will happen. Nice surprise if they can pull it off.

But a lot hotels are closed and just trying to travel during this time is very scary as there is a very real chance you get stuck and can not get home.

The other thing not mentioned is there is it is bad enough you have a hard time traveling but the economy is really not in good shape anymore. I know I will probably still put my kids in golf tournaments but the number will be reduced for sure for a bit and we are going to be staying closer to home. Worrying about rankings scholarships and such are not really going to be a priority for most people if things are shutdown for a extended period of time.