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By Aaron Schulze

Keeping Golf Groups Under Par

Tisdale Golf urges participants to remember health guidelines amid risk of shutting down

Jul 17, 2020 | 5:15 PM

It’s been two months since golf courses across Saskatchewan were allowed to re-open during the coronavirus pandemic.

Under new provincial health guidelines, which include tee times being 10 minutes apart and groups being capped at four, the return to play has been a learning curve for some golfers.

An incident involving a group of five – four golfers and one walker – inspired the Tisdale Riverside Golf Course to post a message on social media to remind its patrons of the new rules in place.

“They’ve been used to golfing in groups of five and six, especially on men’s and ladies night,” Course Manager Bev Hamm told northeastNOW. “It’s been an adjustment for them to realize it has to be four people and only four. I don’t want [public health] to come along and maybe shut us down because people haven’t been following the guidelines.”

Tisdale Riverside Golf Course has had regular visits from the Saskatchewan Health Authority to inspect the golf course, clubhouse, and campground. A representative from Golf Saskatchewan also visited to tell the course they could get shut down if the provincial health regulations aren’t followed.

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Since re-opening, and especially since the social media post, Hamm estimates only around two per cent of the course’s members still have issues with the regulations. She said the course is also carrying out penalties for those caught bending the rules.

“You could be asked to leave and be suspended from being able to play on the course for 14 days if caught breaking the rules one more time,” Hamm said. “We have to do something that drastic, which we don’t like to do because golf is such a short season, but we can’t take the risk of being shut down. We have about 300 members this year, probably 25 to 30 of those are new, and I don’t think anyone of them would be very impressed if we got shut down because two or three groups can’t follow the rules.”

Hamm believes the course’s golfers are continuing to grasp the reality of playing during a pandemic and doesn’t foresee serious issues for the rest of the season.

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