Golfing In The Time Of COVID-19

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Basketball, football, and hockey are not the best sports to do at this time, as these are all contact sports and might accelerate the positive cases that abound in almost every country in the world. So what can we do this weekend that can perhaps take our minds off this crisis and even help boost our immune system? Golf! Golfing in the time of COVID-19 is possible and feasible, provided that you follow several precautionary measures to avoid adding to the already growing infection.

Don’t play on the range. Golfing on the driving range takes players to be too close to each other, aside from the fact that you wouldn’t know who touched the range balls you’re using. Do some ‘breakfast ball’ in the mid-afternoon on hole one, and maybe you can have some goulash while on that round.

Skip the golf cart. A five-mile walk will you much good while bringing your golf stuff. And besides, pushing your cart makes a great exercise. Additionally, even if the driving range staff says that they cleaned the range pretty well, the grounds harbor thousands of germs.

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Distance yourself from your golf buddies. You may be playing with your closest friends, but you still need to maintain social distancing to protect everyone, and each of you should understand that. To be safe, use the six-foot rule even when playing. Instead of the usual handshake for greeting, do the fist or elbow bumps, but not so often. In fact, a thumbs-up will suffice.

Wash your golf towel before you leave. It’s your best defense at this time. When you wash your hands, wash your golf towel, grips, and golf clubs as well. It’ll probably only have your germs on them, but it’s always good to clean them. You might never have washed those grips before, right?

Most golf courses turn their golf cups over or insert a device inside the hole, so when the ball goes in, it doesn’t drop entirely to the cup’s bottom. This way, the golfer avoids putting his hand into the hole to get the ball. There is evidence confirming that putting improves by using a two-dimensional cup instead of utilizing the usual 3D cup.

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The ball washer is no good at this time. Proper handwashing is very crucial during this pandemic, so don’t take shortcuts for your hygiene. Also, wet a small part of your golf towel so you can clean dirt and grass stains from your ball. You can use it to clean your golf club, too. If you are too careful and a COVID-19 conformist and don’t want to use your towel, carry some hand wipes at all times.

Wear golf gloves on both hands. You can find rain gloves in the supermarket or golf stores near you. Don’t think so much about how funny you will look or that your game might change because of the gloves. Your mental golf gaming mates may probably laugh, but they’ll admit that it’s a great strategy to keep yourself protected from the virus while you’re able to play golf.

It’s okay to leave the flagstick at this time. Do what you can to prevent touching less of things that are possibly infected with the virus. Besides, it’s not a penalty if the ball hits a flagstick that was left uncollected – that’s according to the modified guidelines of golf, which were effected in January of 2019. This also hastens the game and benefits you as a player to some extent when the ball hits the flagstick.

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Don’t use the rakes yourself. You don’t need to rake the golf course yourself if it hasn’t been raked. Just remove the balls from the bunker and drop them using your club. By avoiding yourself from going into the bunkers, there is a higher likelihood that you won’t be hitting balls and dropping them there.

You can do without the 19th hole!

 

Why Americans Love Football

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The 2019 Conference of Champions was one of the most talked-about events of the year. It was something that people looked forward to because most of the football teams would be there to grace the event. A press conference was held, and the place was jam-packed with reporters who were eager to know about the teams and their players. Team coaches were also there to answer questions and support their team players. Apart from golf being America’s favorite game, football is also something that Americans can’t get enough of, which is why a lot of them are excited and anticipate the marathon football championships. Why do they love football so much?

The rivalries are intense. Undeniably, competition in football is intense because of the mechanics of the game itself – hitting the other team as hard as you can is challenging and exciting to watch. The rivalry brings out the best in the teams that are playing against each other. The atmosphere is always like the playoffs, like a dogfight happens every time there’s a game.

The defense play is always exciting. There is probably no other sport like football where defense is the name of the game. In basketball, blocks are the defensive play, and baseball has diving catches, but the overall defense action in football is just exhilarating. Football fans just go gaga over a dramatic touchdown or a long pass. For the team players, too, this sends their adrenaline soaring. This is what makes football exciting – the emotions that show during the highs of the game.

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There are only 16 games in a year. Basketball games can be watched 82 times a year, while baseball has 162. Football, however, only has 16, which means that one single game is as important as the rest of the games. The weekly anticipation in football stadiums actors America cannot be matched by any other sport. If you missed watching one game even on television, it would feel like a big loss. It grabs every attention of a football fan.