Pebble Beach trains golf staff to follow new safety rules – KSBW Monterey

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THIS MORNING THAT ALSO ALLOWS GOLF COURSES TO OPEN UNDER STRICT SAFETY GUIDELINES… GOLF IS BACK.. COURSES ACROSS THE COUNTY SET TO REOPEN ON MONDAY, INCLUDING PEBBLE BEACH …..CEO BILL PEROCCHI SAYS ITS A FIRST STEP AND THEY ARE DETERMINED TO DO IT RIGHT “WE’RE TRAINING EVERYBODY FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY. EVERYONE WILL GET A COUPLE OF HOURS OF TRAINING. ITS A NEW WAY. WE HAVE NEW PROCEEDURES, NEW PRACTICES. THERES NO CADIES, YOU CAN’T TAKE THE FLAG STICK OUT OF THE HOLE” ALL COURSES WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW SAFETY PROTOCOLS THAT INCLUDE …MAKING TEE-TIMES IN ADVANCE AND PAYING AHEAD OF TIME. THE DIRVING RANGES WILL BE OPEN BUT STATIONS WILL BE AT LEAST 10 FEET APART AND RANGE BALLS WILL BE DISINFECTED EVERY NIGHT…ONE PERSON TO A CART UNLESS UNLESS FAMILY MEMBERS. A DISINFECTED ZIPLOCK BAG TO BE PROVIDED WITH WIPES, MASK, SCORECARD ..THE IDEA IS TO REDUCE PHYSICAL CONTACT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. “ITS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO IT WELL BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS OPEN UP AND NOT SOCIAL DISTANCE “ITS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO IT WELL BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS OPEN UP AND NOT SOCIAL DISTANCE PROPOERLY AND HAVE TO REGRESS.” HERE AT BAYONET BLACKHORSE GROUNDS CREWS ARE GETTING READY AND THE PHONES HAVE BEEN RINGING OFF THE HOOK …CLEARLY THERE IS PENT UP DEMAND…BUT TOURISM OFFICIALS SAY ITS MORE THAN THAT “PEOPLE NEED SYMBOLS OF HOPE. THEY WANT REASSURANCE THAT THINGS ARE GOIGN TO GET BETTER. GOLF I THINK IS IN THIS INSTANCE A DISPROPORTIONALLY LARGE SYMBOL IN TERMS OF HOPE” O’KEEFE SAYS ALTHOUGH ITS A BABY STEP, GOLF COULD LEAD THE WAY WHEN ITS TIME TO WELCOME TOURISTS BACK TO THE REGION…IN THE THERE ARE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCALS ….IF PLAYING PEBBLE BEACH IS ON YOUR BUCKET LIST…. NOW MIGHT BE THAT ONCE IN LIFE OPPORTUNITY TO BOOK ONE OF THOSE DIFFICULT TO GET TEE TIMES….BUT WHEN YOU CALL….BE PREPARED TO WAIT. ##### BILL PEROCCHI DID TELL US….THEY BOOKED 1,000 ROUNDS OF GOLF JUST TODAY. …A START TO GETTING TO AT LEAST SOME PEOPLE BACK TO WORK. ###