Golf in the midst of a Pandemic: 5 ' 20

I haven't always been the most enthusiastic fan of playing golf, but my appreciation for the game has improved considerably since the Onset of COVID19. We played a round at our home course of Pawleys Plantation last week, and another at Tupelo Bay today. Even though there were a lot of people on the course, we were spaced out enough

that felt like it was just us and the Canada Geese.

The new rules for playing golf at our home course of Pawleys Plantation (and most other courses in the area) have made it one of the safest group sport activities to participate in during this pandemic (and provided us with some much needed out of door exercise) . Except for married couples living in the same house, each person must have their own golf cart. The golf bag drop off crew sanitize all the carts before any golfer can take them out. When you arrive at the bag drop, you are pointed to a cart and told to load your bags onto the cart yourself. The bag drop crew holds out a box with the score cards and pens and ask someone in each cart to take a set. Flags are left in the putting range holes and in the greens' holes. Golfers are asked not to remove the flags to prevent potentially passing on the virus. Golfers also unload their a bags from the carts when the game is finished . Some pub are open for food and drink orders but golfers are asked to take their food/drinks to the out of door patio. Overall, other than the 1 person per cart rule and un/loading your own bags and leaving the flag in the hole, I don't think most golfers would notice a lot of differences in the game. But there is a distinct feeling of safety on the course, that we don't have when we are elsewhere beyond the sanctuary of our home walls.