Tee-Time During COVID-19 😷

When a global pandemic interrupts golf season with state-mandated course closures – the announcement that courses were to reopen May 1st with restrictions was fantastic! So much so, that we found ourselves agreeable with conditions that would have been unacceptable pre-COVID19!

One minute we're the “fair weather only” golfer, and the next we became golfers who accepted 47-degree weather with wind gusts blowing off Lake Michigan as reasonable course conditions!

Looking Ahead…

Like the start of any season, the amateur golfer focuses on what skills to improve and fantasizes about finally being able to make that perfect 20-yard chip shot drop into the center of the cup. We imagine the perfect season with more sunny days than not and only 2 putts on the green.

The reality is that there seems to be slightly more pressure to playing golf during a pandemic – the need to make every swing pure and every connection to the ball solid and to soak up as much time as possible before you have to go back into the house. The pressure to have a perfect round can actually take you off your game. So take a deep breath, relax, swing easy, and hit through the ball...