ASGA (Covid-19) April 8th Update and News

19th Hole Chat

     The 19^th hole is supposed to be one of the most enjoyable in golf. Unfortunately, Covid-19 is trying hard to put a negative on the number 19. This number is even more important to me as I was born on the 19th of November, married on the 19th of April, and even my Dad was born in 1919. So it is with a great deal of determination that I refuse to let the positive side of the number 19 go away.
     It may seem like we are giving in to this virus in that we are announcing today that we will have to cancel more of our ASGA Tournaments scheduled through May 19, 2020. There is no guarantee that we will be able to resume at Kizer on May 26, but we need to remain hopeful. There is one thing we do know. We will return!!
     Listed below are some positive sides of this downtime brought about by this vicious virus.

1. The world in general is pulling together in an amazing way to hold sickness and death to a minimum.
   
2. People have come together all over the world to do their part and to reunite in a positive way. We seem to be pulling together in the Country, State and Cities in a united front.
   
3. We have more time to talk to our loved ones.
   
4. We have time now to do all those home projects we've been putting off.
   
5. Many creative ideas have popped up all over to fight the virus and to support our first responders.
   
6. Even ASGA has taken this downtime to put the finishing touches on a much improved sign-up system to replace the Wednesday morning busy signal mania called “getting tee times for the Tuesday Tournament.” Our ASGA team is working on the sign-up program and will be testing it soon and will do their best to have it ready when ASGA golf returns.
   

     Additionally, scientists are working on a cure and a vaccine leading to the greatest celebration ever as Covid-19 becomes one of the stories we tell for generations to come. In the future as we sit around the 19th hole we will be telling the next generation how we kicked Covid-19 dead in its tracks back in the day.
     We will then say to our new ASGA members, at the youthful age of 62 or so, can you believe it, when we eliminated the virus we also stopped having to call on a phone for hours and hours every Wednesday trying to get tee times for our foursome?
     You might say we put the fun back in the 19th hole and dug a big ole hole for Covid-19. Keep your family and friends safe.

Travis McWhorter on behalf of the ASGA Board