Thursday, April 26, 2018

A new arena?

Discussing the latest swamp creature unleashed by the tRump administration, Ronny Jackson, seems redundant with all the other scandals swirling around the Donald.  It's getting downright boring, although at least in Jackson's case, money doesn't seem to be the deciding factor in the alleged misdeeds.   So instead of flogging that dead horse, lets talk about golf!   Specifically the decision of the owners of the Grandview Golf Course in York, Pa. to call the cops on account of slow play by a group of 5 black women!   According to the women, interviewed by a reporter for the NYT, they secured permission to play as a fivesome before teeing off and at least some of them were members of the club.  In an age of declining participation in golf, membership in a club is the gold standard.  Anyway, the women were approached by a course employee and they skipped the 3rd hole to keep up with the pace of play.  As someone who has played with someone (myself included) having a bad day, searching for lost balls and deliberating over a putt for several minutes, I sympathize with the players in question.  It sounds like they made every effort to facilitate the pace of play.  However, at the conclusion of the 9th hole, 3 of the women left and the remaining twosome was ordered to leave by the owner, who called the police when they refused.  The cops realized this was a frivolous call and left without taking any action.  The mystifying happenstance is the treatment of members, seemingly on account of either race or gender.  Their money is green, and as noted above, golf is not exactly a booming sport.  The owners of this course will regret the stupidity of their actions.

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