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Overview & Summary
The Golf Industry Creates
Positive Waves For Society
Paying-Golfers Deserve Safe Infection-Free Golf Courses
The 2019–2020 Chinese Coronavirus Pandemic
Also known as the Wuhan Virus and COVID-19.
The Chinese Coronavirus is an ongoing public health emergency of international concern involving major outbreaks of a deadly infectious disease that has spread globally, resulting in the 2019–20 pandemic.
The virus is natural with animal origin, and spreads by human-to-human transmission.
Observers believe that the pandemic was precipitated by the Chinese deviant life-style of raising and breeding disease-infected wild animals, like bats, beavers, cats, dogs, lizards, porcupines, raccoons, and snakes, for food, companionship, and intimacy.
The virus was further disseminated at disgusting Chinese live-animal ( a.k.a. wet ) markets where these wild animals are routinely slaughtered and sold to people on-site.
This Chinese life-style choice has resulted in the horrific deaths of thousands and thousands of hapless victims, world-wide.
Stop Playing Golf
The Golf Industry’s trade associations have thoughtfully responded to the Chinese Coronavirus.
Golf Canada and Canadian Golf Superintendents Association ( CGSA ) have stated that golfers must stay home during the pandemic.
A lot of golfers, especially the older ones, are considered more vulnerable to the Chinese Coronavirus.
Close The Golf Courses
In several American States and Canadian Provinces, golf courses are included in the mandatory closures of non-essential work-places aimed at reducing the spread of the Chinese Coronavirus.
During these temporary closures, golf course property maintenance must be allowed to operate while taking every health and safety precaution.
Overall, golf facilities are allowed to maintain their properties, with precautionary measures that must remain in place.
Golf Will Rise Again
The Chinese Coronavirus pandemic will change the way we look at the game of golf.
There are choppy times ahead, but the game of golf is expected to emerge stronger and more appreciated than ever.
Playing golf with friends, with its relatively small number of interactions, will be a perfect stepping stone for getting back to regular life.
Golf will rise again and will hopefully become an incredible part of our lives.
Golf Industry’s Bad-Boys
The golf industry’s trade associations have thoughtfully responded to the Chinese Coronavirus.
However, these trade associations have too often acted as the Bad-Boys of the golf industry.
They have continued to ignore the looming shipwreck from hundreds and hundreds of threats of annihilation.
The Golf Industry deserves better trade associations.
The Planet’s Great Conservationists
Golf course facilities will be creating POSITIVE WAVES for our society by introducing preventive measures to reduce the chances of infection.
And, as usual, golf courses will continue to provide high-quality playing conditions and aesthetics.
The golf courses ― THE PLANET’S GREAT CONSERVATIONISTS.
See the segments below for the BEST POSITIVE STORIES concerning the Chinese Coronavirus and the Golf Industry …
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Positive Waves – Golf Industry Trade Associations – Responding Thoughtfully To Chinese Coronavirus
Golf Canada Statement
Golf Is Relatively Safe During The Pandemic, But
Golf Canada Still Advises Against Playing For Now
Golf Will Rise Again & Will Be
An Incredible Part Of Our Lives
March 22nd, 2020
WCTA Online ⁄ The Canadian Press
Media Release
Re : Chinese Coronavirus ( COVID-19 )
Selected And Adapted Excerpts
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Golf Canada Asks Golfers To Stay Home During COVID-19
When restrictions on public gatherings to combat the novel coronavirus lift, Mr Laurence Applebaum, Golf Canada CEO, knows his sport will be ready.
Until then, he hopes that amateur golfers follow the lead of professionals and stay home.
Mr Laurence Applebaum, Golf Canada CEO, spoke about golf’s unique position as a pastime that can lend itself to social distancing on March 21st, 2020, as he himself was in a 14-day period of self-isolation after attending the PGA Tour’s Players Championship in early March 2020.
Mr Applebaum has seen articles and on-line discussions about how golf is relatively safe during the COVID-19 [ the Chinese Coronavirus ] pandemic but he still advises against playing for now.
According to Mr Applebaum ―
I think it’s really a normal thought to see golf as a great activity with regards to some of the social distancing guidelines that were given, but I would give further thought to the fact that it’s a lot more interactive than you may think at the outset.
Everyone has to do their duty to not come into contact with others.
So we will defer to the experts who are giving these guidelines and give Canada a chance to really plank the curve, not just flatten it.
When the World Health Organization [ WHO ] declared the COVID-19 [ the Chinese Coronavirus ] outbreak a pandemic on March 11 [ 2020 ], the PGA Tour and LPGA Tour ― which had already cancelled most of its events on the Asian leg of its circuit ― cancelled or postponed events at all levels of competition.
Similarly, Golf Canada is likely to cancel or postpone all of its official events and training camps up to mid-May in an effort to protect its players and staff.
But the amateur golf season had not truly begun in Canada as the professional game took a pause.
Even in parts of the country where it was warm enough to play, courses were still doing their start-of-season maintenance.
The provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec have closed all recreational facilities ― including public and private golf courses ― as part of those provinces’ efforts to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus [ a.k.a. the Chinese Coronavirus ].
Municipal courses have also closed, as the cities that operate them closed them along with other public spaces like libraries, rec centres, and arenas.
But private courses in other provinces are still able to open and, as spring arrives across Canada, many clubs are weighing their options.
Mr Applebaum cannot mandate that they close, but he said he has been in touch with most of the clubs across Canada and strongly suggested they close for the good of public safety.
According to Mr Applebaum ―
I will tell you that the overwhelming majority are thinking about the health and wellness of their staff, and of their overall memberships, and so the majority of them have closed their doors until further notice.
Mr Applebaum noted that a lot of golfers are older and vulnerable to COVID-19 [ the Chinese Coronavirus ].
According to Mr Applebaum ―
It’s on a club-by-club basis and we have been providing the guidance of wanting to have everyone think about what ( public health officials ) have told us are the best things we can to be safe, be healthy, and to try and do all the right things to eradicate [ the Chinese Coronavirus ].
Mr Applebaum is excited for the role golf can play in Canada’s return to normalcy when public health officials begin to lift restrictions designed to stop the spread of COVID-19 [ the Chinese Coronavirus ].
Mr Applebaum said that large sporting events with tens of thousands in attendance will be some of the last public gatherings to be restored but playing golf with friends, with its relatively small number of interactions, will be a perfect stepping stone to regular life.
According to Mr Applebaum ―
My prevailing theory is that in time, the sun will rise again.
Golf will rise again and be an incredible part of our lives.
It’s just going to take some time and when it does, we’ll be there.
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Positive Waves – Golf Industry Trade Associations – Responding Thoughtfully To Chinese Coronavirus
NAGA Statement
During Temporary Closures, Golf Course Property
Maintenance Must Be Allowed To Operate
While Taking Every Health & Safety Precaution
March 26th, 2020
National Allied Golf Associations ( NAGA )
Media Release
Re : Chinese Coronavirus ( COVID-19 )
Selected And Adapted Excerpts
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NAGA — We Are Golf — Statement On COVID-19
We Are Golf is committed to ensuring the health and safety of our members, golfers, staff, volunteers and Golf Industry stake-holders as well as every Canadian in the communities where we live, work and play.
The COVID-19 [ the Chinese Coronavirus ] crisis is an unprecedented and difficult time for Canadians.
We Are Golf fully supports the recommendations and guidelines of Health Canada, the World Health Organization and regional public health experts to stop the community spread of the virus.
As leaders in a Golf Industry that employs more than 300,000 Canadians and includes nearly 6,000,000 golfers from coast to coast, our priority above all else is the health and safety of our people and our communities.
Where governments have not mandated the temporary closure of golf courses, operators of those facilities should take every health and safety precaution.
We Are Golf also advocates for the essential need for golf course property maintenance during any of the temporary closures to be ready for operation while taking every health and safety precaution.
We look forward to better and healthier days and when the time is right for Canadians to return to recreational normalcy, clubs and courses will be ready to welcome golfers back to the tee.
Commentary
THE PLANET’S GREAT CONSERVATIONISTS ― Golf courses must continue to contribute extensively to the high-quality playing conditions and aesthetics of golf courses, while preserving an infection-free environment.
Commentary
NATIONAL ALLIED GOLF ASSOCIATIONS ― We Are Golf, a.k.a. National Allied Golf Associations / NAGA, is a Canada-wide campaign aimed at increasing awareness of golf as a key driver of our economy, a steward of our environment, and a vital way in which millions of Canadians stay fit and healthy every year. NAGA Partners ― • Golf Canada • Canadian Golf Superintendents Association • Professional Golfers’ Association of Canada • Canadian Society of Club Managers • National Golf Course Owners Association.
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Positive Waves – Golf Industry Trade Associations – Responding Thoughtfully To Chinese Coronavirus
Ontario Government Statement
Government Clarification On Turf Maintenance
With Provincial Closure Imposed On Golf Courses
Ontario Golf Facilities Are Allowed To Maintain
Their Properties, With Precautionary Measures
That Must Remain In Place
March 26th, 2020
Government Of Ontario
Media Release
Re : Chinese Coronavirus ( COVID-19 )
Selected And Adapted Excerpts
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Ontario Government’s Clarification On Turf & Maintenance
In several American States and Canadian Provinces, golf courses are included in the mandatory closure of non-essential workplaces aimed at reducing the spread of the Chinese Coronavirus.
There has now been written confirmation from the Ontario Government clarifying the list of essential workplaces and how that relates directly to the turf & maintenance team members. [ See next segment. ]
The Government of Ontario has confirmed that turf maintenance teams are able to maintain their properties over the next 14 days.
All work on the grounds that staff are doing ―
• must be justified as essential property maintenance to preserve, protect and prevent damage to the property, AND
• all precautionary measures MUST be in place during this critical time; including social distancing, hand washing, workspace cleaning, etc …
It was noted that it is imperative to only have staff doing what is essential for the golf course property ( for instance removal of tarps off greens, necessary turf cutting, etc … ).
Section 1 (2) of the Order in Council that was signed by the Lieutenant Governor confirms ―
1 ( 2 ) Despite subsection ( 1 ), temporary access to a closed place of business that is not listed in Schedule 2 is authorized, unless otherwise prohibited by any applicable law, for the purposes of,
( a ) performing work at the place of business in order to comply with any applicable law;
( b ) allowing for inspections, maintenance and repairs to be carried out at the place of business;
( c ) allowing for security services to be provided at the place of business;
And
( d ) attending at the place of business temporarily,
( i ) to deal with other critical matters relating to the closure of the place of business, if the critical matters cannot be attended to remotely; or
( ii ) to access materials, goods or supplies that may be necessary for the business to be operated remotely.
Please continue to take all health and safety precautions recommended by public health for both yourself and your staff team.
This information was passed on to us from the NGCOA Canada and their allied partners in Ontario.
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Positive Waves – Golf Industry Trade Associations – Responding Thoughtfully To Chinese Coronavirus
Manitoba Statements
If Anyone Is Not Willing To Adhere To
Safety Rules, Please Don’t Come Play Golf
Golf Facilities Can Remain Open, But We
Would Have To Institute Some Very Strong
Safety Rules & Restrictions On Players & Play
March 17th, 2020
Manitoba Superintendents
Mr Jim Riopelle – Glenboro G & CC
Media Release
Re : Chinese Coronavirus ( COVID-19 )
Selected And Adapted Excerpts
Reference –
Manitoba — Golf & The Coronavirus — Ways It Can Still Work
After consulting with other superintendents, a workable strategy is presented.
So I’ve been thinking a lot about how we in the struggling Golf Industry can cope and perhaps remain open during this coronavirus pandemic.
In my opinion, I think …
… we can remain open, but we would have to institute some very strong safety rules and restrictions on players and play.
Golf being pretty much a « me » sport ― and played in somewhat isolation – we may be able to make it work.
Herein, I offer the following safety rules and restrictions that can easily be tailored to different golf facilities.
These rules and restrictions are based on recommendations from golf superintendents across North America.
There was by no means a consensus either way ( i.e. open or close ), and there were strong arguments presented on both sides.
So, let’s talk about some of the safety rules and restrictions ―
• If you are sick, don’t come ― you will NOT be permitted access to the golf facility.
• ACCESSORIES ⁄ FIXTURES ― Will be removed from the course for the foreseeable future ( ball washers, bunker rakes, etc … ).
• CLUBHOUSE ― Access is NOT permitted.
• DRIVING RANGE ― Will NOT be open.
• FLAG POLES ― Will be sanitized daily ― NO contact is the rule of thumb.
• FOOD & DRINK ― Will be take-out only & will be provided through a window or whatever access point is available.
• FIRST TEE ― Congregating on the first tee WILL NOT be permitted ― this will be strictly enforced by the starter.
• GOLF CARS ― Will be sanitized after each use.
• GOLF CARS ― Will have one rider per cart ― strictly enforced.
• GREEN FEES ― Can be paid on-line or by calling the pro shop using an accepted credit card.
• PLAYERS ― Must be grouped with a maximum of four.
• PLAYERS ― Must have NO physical contacts of any kind.
• PLAYERS ― Must leave the flagstick [ i.e. flag pole ] IN when putting.
• PLAYERS ― Must maintain a half-hole gap between groups.
• PLAYERS ― Must remain well back of group ahead before proceeding if this gap narrows.
• PRACTICE PUTTING GREEN ― Will NOT be open.
• TEE TIMES ― Will be spaced at 12-minute intervals.
• WASHROOMS ― Will be closed.
These health safety rules will be strictly enforced by on-course personnel.
If anyone is not willing to adhere, please don’t come.
Players will be removed from the facility for any deviation from these rules.
The safety of all our guests is paramount and these are not requests !
Please govern yourself accordingly.
I do firmly believe that these measures could work.
This virus has put many businesses in a tough position, especially those that were struggling before the outbreak.
These are simply proactive options for remaining open and protecting our customers’ health.
Somehow the bills still have to be paid, and I don’t think hiding in a « fox-hole » is the right thing, either.
Mr Jim Riopelle is a Manitoba-based golf course superintendent.
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Positive Waves – Golf Industry Trade Associations – Responding Thoughtfully To Chinese Coronavirus
CGSA Statement
CGSA Supports The Closure Of Golf Courses
March 26th, 2020
Canadian Golf Superintendents Association ( CGSA )
Mr Darren Kalyniuk – CGSA President
Media Release
Re : Chinese Coronavirus ( COVID-19 )
Selected And Adapted Excerpts
Reference –
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Statement From CGSA Regarding COVID-19
During this unprecedented time of world uncertainty and unknown caused by the COVID-19 [ the Chinese Coronavirus ] pandemic, the Canadian Golf Superintendents Association ( CGSA ) recognizes that the safety of our members, staff teams, and their families are of utmost importance.
Please listen to and follow the advice of public health agencies and government officials with regards to preventing the spread of this virus.
Be mindful of the effects of not following those directions.
The CGSA supports the temporary closure of golf courses to the public and/or golf club members.
The CGSA will be working to support the vital property maintenance that is required for many golf courses to protect the golf courses greatest asset.
This property management should be led by the Golf Course Superintendent in collaboration with ownership to determine the best needs of the property.
We know that times are uncertain and we are confident that the game of golf will return.
We are unsure when that will happen, but with the measures taken today by [ the Golf Industry ], will help provide a better tomorrow.
The CGSA Board and Staff stand ready to assist in these troubling times.
We encourage our members to reach out to family, colleagues and friends during this difficult time.
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Overview & Summary
Trade Associations Have
Too Often Acted As The
Bad-Boys Of The Golf Industry
They Have Ignored The Looming Shipwreck From
Hundreds & Hundreds Of Threats Of Annihilation
Enviro-Organizations & Political Parties Represent
A Greater Threat Than The Chinese Coronavirus
Golf Industry Deserves Better Trade Associations
The Golf Industry’s trade associations have thoughtfully responded to the Chinese Coronavirus.
But they must STOP acting like Bad-Boys concerning other threats of annihilation.
They must also officially recognize that the Golf Industry is on a collision course with the threats from organizations, jurisdictions, and institutions that are demanding a revocation of the Golf Industry’s pesticide ban exception status.
Since the mid-2000s, enviro-organizations and political parties have set their sights on the annihilation of the Green Space Industry ( which includes Golf Industry ) and the Agriculture Industry, and ⁄ or have conspired to impose national-prohibitions against conventional pest control products.
The end is near ― no more golf pesticide ban exception status !
Trade associations must STOP acting like Bad-Boys ― they must change dramatically.
See next section.
Enviro-Organizations & Political Parties
That Conspire Against The Golf Industry
• Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment ( CAPE )
Public affairs shield for Green Party of Canada, Canadian Cancer Society, & other environmental-terrжrist organization – a.k.a. Canadian Health and Environment Education and Research Foundation ( CHEER )
• Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ( CBC )
Conspires with David Suzuki Foundation & Prevent Cancer Now against the golf industry
• Canadian Cancer Society ( CCS ) & its provincial divisions
Financed by « useful idiots » like Golf Canada
• Canadian Coalition for Health and Environment ( CCHE )
• Canadian Environmental Law Association ( CELA )
Conspires with most environmental-terrжrist organizations
• Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides ( CAP-NL, Newfoundland & Labrador )
a.k.a. NL Provincial Coalition on Pesticides, a.k.a. Concerned Citizens Group – Shield for Canadian Cancer Society
• Council of Canadians
• David Suzuki Foundation
Conspires with most environmental-terrжrist organizations
• Ecology Action Centre ( EAC, Nova Scotia )
Nova Scotia shield for Canadian Cancer Society
• Ecojustice Canada
Legal affairs shield for David Suzuki Foundation – Suzuki himself has been honorary board member – Formerly Sierra Legal Defence Fund
• Environmental Defence Canada
Public affairs shield for David Suzuki Foundation – Suzuki himself has been honorary board member – Member of Suzuki-enviro-terrжrist-alliances
• Equiterre
Quebec ambassador for David Suzuki Foundation
• Golf Canada
a.k.a. Royal Canadian Golf Association ( RCGA ) – Conspires as a « useful idiot » by financing Canadian Cancer Society
• Green Party of Canada & its provincial parties
Political shield for Sierra Club, Canadian Cancer Society, David Suzuki Foundation, & other environmental-terrжrist organizations
• Greenpeace
• IPM Council of Canada
Conspires against the golf industry as a « useful idiot » with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian Cancer Society, David Suzuki Foundation, Landscape Ontario, & Prevent Cancer Now
• Learning Disabilities Association of Canada
• Liberal Party of Canada ( LPC ) & its provincial parties
Political shield for World Wildlife Fund & other environmental-terrжrist organizations
• Neudorff Canada
The manufacturer of Fiesta green alternative herbicide – Conspires with Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment & Canadian Cancer Society
• Ontario Bee-Keepers’ Association ( OBA )
Public affairs shield for Sierra Club
• New Democratic Party of Canada ( NDP ) & its provincial wings
Political shield for Canadian Cancer Society & other environmental-terrжrist organizations
• Ontario College of Family Physicians
• Pesticide Free BC
British Columbia public affairs shield for Canadian Cancer Society
• Pesticide Free Ontario ( PFO )
Public affairs shield for Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Sierra Club of Canada, Toronto Environmental Alliance, & World Wildlife Fund of Canada
• Prevent Cancer Now ( PCN )
Public affairs shield for Canadian Cancer Society, David Suzuki Foundation, Green Party, & other environmental-terrжrist organizations – Green Party lunatжc-leader Elizabeth May herself has been honorary board member
• Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario ( RNAO )
Conspires with most environmental-terrжrist organizations
• Sierra Club of Canada & its provincial chapters
Conspires with public affairs shields like Ontario Bee-Keepers’ Association & Saxe Law Office
• The Leukemia and Lymphoma Association of Canada
• Westcoast Environmental Law Association ( WCEL )
Conspires with most environmental-terrжrist organizations
• World Wildlife Fund ( WWF )
Using Liberal Party of Canada as a political shield – Also operates as a public affairs shield for Canadian Cancer Society
• Tides Canada
Conspires with public affairs shields like David Suzuki Foundation, and other environmental-terrжrist organizations – Conversely, Tides itself conspires as a financial shield for environmental-terrжrist organizations
Trade Associations Must End Relationships
With Enviro-Organizations & Political Parties
The Golf Industry’s trade associations must STOP acting like Bad-Boys by ignoring threats of annihilation.
Some enviro-organizations and political parties are worse than the Chinese Coronavirus !
Trade associations must TERMINATE all relationships with all golf-hating / anti-pesticide enviro-organizations and political parties that conspire against the Golf Industry, such as ― • Canadian Cancer Society ( a.k.a. Prevent Cancer Now ) • World Wildlife Fund ( a.k.a. Liberal Party of Canada ) • and others.
As long as Golf Canada, and other trade associations, continue to provide money to these golf-hating organizations, the Golf Industry is under multiple threats of annihilation !
Furthermore, trade associations must openly and financially SUPPORT all Conservative political candidates who oppose any prohibition against pest control products and fertilizers, such as ― • Conservative Party of Canada.
Whenever successfully elected to power, Liberals, New Democrats, and Greens WILL ALWAYS conspire to impose fanatжcal national-prohibitions against ALL conventional pest control products, including those desperately-needed by the Golf Industry.
There Is No Hopeful Future
We are now living in the 9|11 era of fanatжcal golf-hating & anti-pesticide terrжrism !
The Golf Industry’s trade associations must plan for the inevitable and total revocation of its pesticide ban exception status in most jurisdictions across Canada.
Decades ago, threats of annihilation against the Golf Industry began with the needless, senseless, and malicious national-prohibitions against DDT insecticide and mercury fungicides.
Future generations will ask the question ― why did their trade associations not act ?!?!
NONE have directly and effectively addressed the threats of annihilation facing the Golf Industry !
Furthermore, NO ONE in ANY trade association in Canada has ANY expertise regarding these threats against the Golf Industry !
NO ONE in these associations could even tell you WHO are the golf-hating fanatжcs, WHAT organizations and political parties do they operate, and WHAT are their lobbying strategies against the Golf Industry !
The trade associations are CLUELESS beyond comprehension !
There is NO hopeful future for anyone in the Golf Industry unless its trade associations CHANGE DRAMATICALLY.
Explore The Following Links …
√ — Golf Industry — Critical Issues That Must Be Addressed — LINK
√ — Golf Industry — Looming Shipwreck & Pesticide Ban Exception Status — LINK
√ — Golf Industry — Attacks Against The Golf Industry — LINK
√ — Golf Industry — Can The Golf Industry’s Trade Associations Be Trusted ?!?! — LINK
√ — Golf Industry — No Hopeful Future — LINK
√ — Golf Industry — The End Is Near — LINK
√ — National-Prohibitions — Golf Industry’s Pesticides — LINK
√ — National-Prohibitions — The Media History — LINK
https://pesticidetruths.com/toc/national-prohibition-reports-blogs-references/
√ — Daconil Prohibition — The Story & Sad End — LINK
https://pesticidetruths.com/2016/02/23/chlorothalonil/
√ — Daconil Prohibition — The Complete Media Library — LINK
https://pesticidetruths.com/toc/chlorothalonil/
√ — Daconil Prohibition — Ontario Trade Association Responses — LINK
√ — Rovral Prohibition — Prohibition & More Decisions By Health Canada — LINK
√ — Liberal Party Of Canada — Imbeciles Planning To Vote For Liberals — LINK
√ — Liberal Party Of Canada — Decisions By Health Canada To Impose National Prohibitions Instigated By Liberals — LINK
√ — Liberal Party Of Canada — Get Ready For The Pain — LINK
√ — Canadian Golf Superintendents Association — The Failed Trade Association — LINK
√ — Canadian Golf Superintendents Association — The Media History — LINK
https://pesticidetruths.com/toc/canadian-golf-superintendents-association/
√ — Canadian Golf Superintendents Association — Take-Over By Golf Course Owners — Critical Issues — LINK
√ — Canadian Cancer Society — Misuses The Millions That It Collects From Golf Canada & Golf Fore The Cure — LINKS
√ — Canadian Cancer Society — Summary Of Position Statements Against The Golf Industry — WCTA Leaders Allowed Themselves To Be Appeased By The Cancer-Lunatжc Liars — LINKS
√ — Canadian Cancer Society — Meets With AGA-BC & WCTA, Takes A Step Back — LINK
√ — Canadian Cancer Society — Explaining Why The Golf Idustry Must Not Cooperate With Canadian Cancer Society — LINK
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Positive Waves
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes For The Golf Industry
The Chinese Coronavirus Pandemic
Will Change The Way We Look At Golf
There Are Choppy Times Ahead, But The
Game Of Golf Will Ultimately Emerge
Stronger & More Appreciated Than Ever
March 27th, 2020
Golf Advisor
Re : Chinese Coronavirus ( COVID-19 )
Selected And Adapted Excerpts
Reference –
How Will The Coronavirus Pandemic Change The Way We Look At Golf
Lessons Learned
[ The Chinese Coronavirus ] is not going away anytime soon.
It has put a massive strain on our health care system, sent the economy into a global bear market, and sent most of us indoors, with vanishingly few opportunities to escape cabin fever.
Although this episode in world history is far from over, it is not too early to start thinking about what we should be learning from [ the Chinese Coronavirus ].
Once we have gotten on with a more « normal » daily life, what lessons will ring through to the game of golf ?
I’m optimistic by nature, so I hope that, as rough an experience as this may end up being for all of us, the game of golf can ultimately emerge stronger and more appreciated than ever.
Susceptibility
Similarly, I would expect the public ― especially golfers, who skew older and therefore more susceptible to coronavirus and other infectious diseases ― to do their own part.
The final-green handshake has always been a beautiful tradition, but it seems it will fall by the wayside, at least for the foreseeable future.
Hygiene
Wide-spread shortages of basic hygiene-related products, from hand sanitizer to toilet paper, seem to indicate that we are all going to become more diligent about cleanliness going forward.
Having read dozens of email blasts from businesses ― golf courses included ― about increased cleaning practices, I am inclined to think that they will not simply revert to pre-pandemic standards once the danger has subsided.
Renewed attention to hygiene will also have significant effects on how everyday commercial transactions happen, especially at golf courses.
Any opportunity to keep multiple hands from touching cash or credit cards should be explored, and I would fully expect golf courses to increasingly encourage pre-payment for rounds.
Soon, the traditional pro shop check-in procedure may become obsolete.
Courses that tout the « member for a day » experience should be especially excited at the possibility of inviting guests to simply check in with an outdoor starter and do whatever they want ― practice, grab a drink, browse pro shop merchandise, relax in the locker room ― before their tee time.
GolfNow, the largest third-party golf tee time provider is helping a growing number of its more than 9,000 client courses cut down on person-to-person contact when golfers pay for their rounds by modifying their system to allow for green fee pre-payment.
Even after coronavirus concerns abate, this system can remain in place to help golf courses streamline their check-in procedures.
Flag Pole
I have never been a fan of leaving the flagstick [ i.e. flag pole ] in for a putt of any makeable distance, but this is another sacrifice that seems necessary, at least for a while.
On the flip side, this experience has wrung incredible creativity from the MacGyver’s of golf ― its superintendents, who have come together to figure out how to present their courses in a way that works with the new realities this pandemic has forced us to face.
Golf Cars
Not only will outside operations staff be wiping down golf cars more thoroughly in the future, but members and guests will be armed with their own products to sanitize the surfaces they touch, especially golf cars.
While I know they will continue to be a big part of the recreational game, I hope some golfers will rethink their dependency on golf cars as an alternative to walking the course in the wake of the pandemic.
Several courses, like Wilmington ( N.C. ) Municipal Golf Course, have temporarily stopped allowing golf cars because they force pairs of people into close quarters, certainly closer than the six-foot clearance many « social distancing » guidelines suggest.
A silver lining ― if you could call it that ― of the [ Chinese ] Coronavirus pandemic could be a rediscovery of the joys of walking a golf course.
( Here’s hoping, also, that the sidelining of golf car fleets will help course operators who mistakenly believe walking makes rounds take longer to realize that play has moved nicely at their courses during the coronavirus pandemic, and give up this stance. )
Stripped-Down Golf
Because of the expansiveness of golf courses, they have ( for the most part ) been more resistant to forced closure than many other avenues of recreation during the pandemic.
Because most of us are going to feel some level of economic stress, the less-expensive side of golf is going to be more worth showcasing than ever.
The only question is whether golf’s most influential institutions will be able to seize the opportunity to welcome more people to the game once the danger has passed.
Finally, I think golfers will see the appeal of a more stripped-down approach to the game.
Sure, great club houses and 19th holes are nice additions to a round of golf, but when push comes to shove, golfers are there for the golf.
Arriving at the spartan-but-well-maintained course, playing a briskly-paced round on foot and getting back home in decent time has its charms, too, especially in a world where we are usually pressed for leisure time.
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Oh, yeah
Mmm
Still don’t know what I was waitin’ for
And my time was runnin’ wild
A million dead end streets and
Every time I thought I’d got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me
But I’ve never caught a glimpse
How the others must see the faker
I’m much too fast to take that test
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Turn and face the strange
Ch-Ch-Changes
Don’t want to be a richer man
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Turn and face the strange
Ch-Ch-Changes
There’s gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can’t trace time
Mmm, yeah
I watch the ripples change their size
But never leave the stream
Of warm impermanence
And so the days float through my eyes
But still the days seem the same
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change …
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Song & lyrics by David Bowie.
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ALMA MATERS ― • McGill University • University of Guelph • the first person ever to obtain bachelors of science degrees & contribute directly to both the professional lawn care & golf maintenance industries.
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