Posted on 04/10/2020 4:59:37 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
It was probably just coincidence that Nevada’s governor issued an order closing golf courses just a few hours after a newspaper photographer tweeted a picture of O.J. Simpson playing 18 holes in Las Vegas.
Simpson himself seemed resigned to it, tweeting in a video later that extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures.
“This is serious ... people are losing their lives,” he said.
Before Gov. Steve Sisolak acted on Wednesday, the idea of people playing golf during the pandemic was already being debated on social media. There was predictable outrage among some, who said golfers were flouting social distancing guidelines by playing in foursomes even if they weren’t allowed to share a golf cart.
Then again, it might have just been the optics of people out enjoying themselves on the golf course that set off people hearing about it from inside their homes.
So on the day the Masters was supposed to open, golf courses around the Silver State were being closed. Restrictions on other businesses were tightened and churches were being told not to allow people to gather on Easter Sunday as the state clamped down further on social distancing.
Golf courses were closed on the same day in hard hit New York, too, after golf was labeled a non-essential business. And in Texas, the governor told local leaders in a conference call that golf courses were not essential and would have to be shut down.
The recreation debate is one that is playing out across the nation. It’s not just golf, of course, with gyms closed everywhere and almost every activity or sport long since shut down.
Hikers complain so many people are flocking to trails that it is impossible to maintain distancing guidelines.
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I can attest to that. All my favorite weekend hiking spots have been JAMMED the past few weekends. Usually this time of year I'm the only one on the trail. Now it's difficult to even find a parking spot at the trailheads.
I'm not angry about it though. It's good for people to go out and get some fresh air and exercise. And hiking appears to be the only recreational activity that hasn't been banned or shut down.
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