The Golf Thread

ddeschler said:

I wonder if the Greenbrier was canceled due to the resort being needed for "continuity of government planning?"  (cue the conspiracy music)

Justice was and is being targeted for tax fraud, I think.  Richest man in WV

IL Gov. announced today golf is coming back May 1.  My exploration of the Indiana golf scene will soon be coming to an end.  I found some good courses over there that I hadn't played before.  So I guess that was a positive side note to this (inter)national ordeal.

Harrison Hills, Twin Bridges, Battle Ground.  Playing Purdue (Ackerman-Allen course) next week.  Pete Dye did a renovation on it in 2016, looking forward to seeing the changes.  Battle Ground was a nice surprise.  Lovely classic course, with updates by Tim Liddy, $15 walking rate was crazy. 

The Juggler said:

Still closed in PA. Hopefully soon. They are open in Delaware but only for Delaware residents. Bastards. 

Tiger vs Phil with Peyton and Brady should be fun next month

Just wish it was Tiger/Brady so it would be The GOATS against the second fiddles.

Irish gov't making an announcement on May 5th. People hopeful they will reopen courses as the restrictions begin to ease. There's talk that it will be member's only to start and take it from there. Things run slightly differently over here. There isn't the distinction between private/public courses. All courses have a membership and also allow green fees, which is great because you can play any course in the country. The only one I can think of that's completely private is Hog's Head. Its members are almost entirely American.

eddiec said:

Irish gov't making an announcement on May 5th. People hopeful they will reopen courses as the restrictions begin to ease. There's talk that it will be member's only to start and take it from there. Things run slightly differently over here. There isn't the distinction between private/public courses. All courses have a membership and also allow green fees, which is great because you can play any course in the country. The only one I can think of that's completely private is Hog's Head. Its members are almost entirely American.

How it should be. Country club golf culture sucks. Imagine if you could play pine valley, Augusta or cypress?

ddeschler said:

IL Gov. announced today golf is coming back May 1.  My exploration of the Indiana golf scene will soon be coming to an end.  I found some good courses over there that I hadn't played before.  So I guess that was a positive side note to this (inter)national ordeal.

And in true Illinois fashion, they make it so difficult.  Only twosomes and no carts of any kind.  Can't even rent a push cart?!?  Kinda ridiculous.  Thousands of people in and out of grocery stores all day long with carts but you can't drive a golf cart by yourself to play golf.  Electric carts and pull carts could easily be disinfected after each round.  This state is the worst.  

Three provinces in Canada have allowed the opening of golf courses. Very sadly I don’t live in any of them 

I played the Purdue (Ackerman-Allen) course yesterday.  I thought it was great, and I liked it even better than their other course (Kampen).  It's on a better piece of land than Kampen, more rolling and tree lined.  More visually appealing.  A lot of land movement, even in the fairway.  Tees are close to greens, so it's very walkable.  The 2016 Pete Dye renovation has added a lot of interest and difficulty, especially around the greens.  The greens were firm and extremely fast.  The $45 twilight rate was quite a bargain. 

For the first time in 3+weeks I was able to takes some swings at my local golf range. We practiced social distancing even though there were only 4 guys total that were practicing.

My swing was STILL there as I stayed calm and confident in my stroke. Now comes the challenge of the next time will it all still be there. BTW it was a absolutely beautiful day to be playing golf here in West Palm Beach.

Peace