COVID-19 and local golf (NO POLITICS)

[1mcozik]

Courses are less crowded and some courses are asking players to not pull the flag stick or drop out of the bunker. You'll still always have the "Sunflower seed spitter" people though or the "leave cigars/cigarettes on the green" people........

Everyone should be more concise about being clean. Even if you get it and experience mild symptoms, not everyone will be lucky.

[Evolved]

Why was my post deleted?

 

I posted saying south east PA is shutting down, Governor's orders. Multiple counties ordered to shut down.

 

Why would that be deleted?

[gripandrip]

The course off Marley Road? Haven't been or heard about that place in years. I grew up in Mokena... Mom still lives in New Lenox.

[gripandrip]

Played on Sunday in Michigan. Minimal course attendants... no food/beverage/starter/etc.... just one guy at the counter collecting money. Golf course attendance was pretty sparce, easy to maintain any distance required.

[caniac6]

Played this AM. My regular golf partner got a call when we finished that his daughter, that lives and works in London, is coming home.

[icegator337]

Fortunately, I rarely hole anything and usually just pick up 1' gimmies. Glad that it's finally helping me

[geochitown]

Looks like Pine Meadow Golf Club in Mundelein, IL is staying open.

I haven't been out yet this year, but will try to go there as soon as I get the opportunity.

[Noles]

I have heard about some clubs shutting down. Thankfully my club has only shut down the restaurant and is keeping the course open.

[lchang]

These guys operate 38 courses, including several in the SF Bay Area where I am: https://www.courseco.com/covid19

[larryw]

Hope it was a great day for you. Austin Muni's are now closed until further notice. We in Sun City are in the same boat with our courses closed until April 20th.

Was planning on using the other courses in Austin once in a while. Shadowglen has not closed (at least I haven't seen any announcement) and it is a great test of golf. But it is probably going to be packed for a while.

Good luck during our "hard times"

[GSDriver]

Local Mayor shut down the muni-owned course we play at for minimum 2 weeks.

[LeoLeo99]

All Somerset County NJ courses have gone to debit credit cards only. No cash.

Another NJ course, Golden Pheasant, has removed all rakes, ball washers, and water stations. And advised to not touch the flagstick or pick other golfers' clubs or balls and refrain from handshakes.

[Mikey5e]

There have been numerous ongoing comparisons to the common flu that we experience every year, some Justified, and some not justified. I thinking that something that is common to the flu as we know it is the fact that cases subside somewhat as the weather gets warmer and we move into spring and summer. I am expecting this coronavirus to start to diminish due to a few of reasons. The first, we are isolating ourselves from each other, and especially those who have been tested positive. Secondly, there is a learning curve on how to deal with this virus. And thirdly, as we move into Springtime and summer I expect that go put a significant halt on this virus. I hope I am right, but I really believe it.

[Lincoln_Arcadia]

Old people and bars are less hygienic? Lol

Seriously, Pretty sure that was simply a badly written notice.

[LeoLeo99]

I hope you're correct, too, but I read that might not be the case because they have over 240 cases in Singapore where it's summer now and very hot.

[Lefty_3Jack]

I hope the warmer weather helps prevent the spread like you. It's a big part of my hope since vaccinations typically take a long time to become available.

[disco111]

[Krt22]

Not that they are more likely to spread it, just that they are more likely to have more serious complications if they do contract it. Italy's mortality rate is so much higher than many other countries since they have a very old population. With that being said, my club is still open for golf.

[Krt22]

Not even remotely funny.

[Lincoln_Arcadia]

Singaporeans are quite OCD about everything. If I hazard a guess, that’s all the cases including some flu like cases? Same with Taiwanese. Both are strict as to what goes into their country.

[HDTVMAN]

Comparing to the flu: 7M American's contact...10K die each year. What I've read is that most people have recovered just fine from Corona 19, and several said it was an easier recovery than the flu. But a vaccine would be nice to have. I'm planning on playing later this week, but will only play if each player gets a separate cart.

[disco111]

They say laughter is the best medicine, unless you don't have a sense of humor!..............

[Lincoln_Arcadia]

The notice was simply badly written.

The spread was likely referring to the bar closures and 65 year plus seniors should stay at home to protect themselves.

People in public positions are understandably panicked.

[Krt22]

Read a bit more. There are already 7000 deaths out of 178k reported/active case, so the mortality rate is exponentially higher than the regular flu. If people can't see the extra risk it poses and allow it to spread and proliferate like the flu (which it would have without dramatic measures), we will see millions of deaths once it's all said and done with. In that scenario, many of those who may have survived with care, will perish since there simply won't be enough healthcare capacity to treat everyone with severe symptoms. Some folks who are healthy and feel they will survive it don't account for the fact they can pass to someone who isn't. American's in general are also not incredibly healthy, so I can see our mortality rates being higher than other developed nations. The main thing I see in our favor is our population density being much lower than most Asian and European countries.

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

[Mikey5e]

Actually, I think the mortality rate will be very similar to the flu when accurate statistics are taken into consideration. There may be many many more cases of the virus that haven't been documented, as the only ones considered when making statistics are the ones that have actually been tested for Coronavirus. What about the many many more who have the coronavirus and have dealt with it without being tested. I was watching a informative show on television where they said the Coronavirus mortality rate was closer to 1% when taking everything into consideration.

[LeoLeo99]

Just like the flu, we need to estimate (guess) how many people had the disease but never sought services from a healthcare provider. I had the flu 20 years ago. Took me a week to get back to work and then another 3 weeks to get back to 100%. Didn't see a doctor. Was never tested for the flu. So, I assume I had the flu. The symptoms all aligned.

[Krt22]

I agree with that, those being tested likely are only those with at least mild to severe symptoms. The US data is also quite misleading since we are behind and simply have not tested a significant portion of the population (including many with obvious symptoms). But even if it peaks at 1%, that is still 5-10x the mortality rate of the seasonal flu. Mortality rates will also depend on access to critical care if needed. If we allow it to spread and we saturate our hospitals, preventable deaths will be a byproduct.

[Lincoln_Arcadia]

A Johns Hopkins researcher suggests that over 50,000 are already infected in the United States, and could possibly double every 4 days.

[PhlashPhace]

I can't believe nobody has pointed out the USGA's foresight. They changed the rule to let us putt with the pin in just for this scenario.

A lot of the states are starting to shut down the courses. One course near me just put an honor box out to limit the interaction between customers and employees. I would've thought the course would be a great place for fresh air and exercise but apparently it isn't safe to be on the course.

[zebra2955]

That's the place. Nice course