04/09/2021
Let me tell all you critics about those who volunteer their services so that the golf courses can get "YOU" a clean, sanitized cart to ride on. To those who think that those same volunteers get "free golf". Now let me tell you this, and, it's "Hot off the m...........g press," there is NOTHING in this country free. You must have been watching that Tax commercial, with those actors saying, "Free, free, free and free!" Well go into any golf club house and see if they will let you play for "free"? Better yet, stop by McDonalds, Wendy's , ask for a cup of coffee before coming to the courses and see if they will give to to you for "free"?
We have been hearing that disgruntled golfers have been complaining about the volunteers. They say that those volunteer, (pause) those who volunteer now, is getting "Free, free, free, and free golf". Shut your mouth and face!!!! Obviously, you don't have a clue on how golf courses work.
Let me get you and the people at City Hall straight, first of all those volunteers spend 3-4 hours each and everyday "getting carts out", then when they are brought in at dark mostly, they stay, "sanitize, and wash those same carts so the critics who say they get free, free, free, and free golf can play the next days.
Oh, yes, the City do pay certain individuals at their "pet" golf course to put up carts, but they did "NOT" at Hindman, or War Memorial, and "NOT" at the now half-a.s golf course First Tee. The volunteers at those courses and now First Tee don't get paid, they get no monies ($15 an hour) for the service they provide. You add up how much it would cost the City to pay individual to "put up, clean up carts everyday! To the critics, that's why they have volunteers. Now, take away the so called "free golf" and see how many people would come and do that to a cart for you to sit your butt on and play!!!!
The only thing that the volunteers get, is the opportunity to play for the work they perform. You wanna call that free?
If there are paying customers who have tee times and need carts, guess who give up their carts so patrons can have them? If there are groups who want to play through, guess who would be the first to let them? Volunteers!
Now, the volunteers didn't close down the golf courses, in fact, they came to City Hall (freely, freely, freely) in large numbers to show their support in keeping Hindman and War Memorial open.
It was useless, they had already made up their minds. We didn't hear from "ONE' critic at anything of the City Hall meetings on closing the two golf courses about the free golf the volunteers were getting!!!
We see now that closing down those other two golf courses have frustrated and forced golfers into thinking that the volunteers at First Tee get "Free, free, free, and free golf and is causing all these problems by getting "free, free, free, and free golf. They don't! They do it because at least at First Tee they feel appreciated by Charlie, for their work and he welcomes them for their support.
You critics, stop bitching about the volunteers, you should have done that at City Hall for closing the other two courses. But you didn't, and now we know that it wouldn't have made any difference, they had their minds made up to close Hindman and War Memorial from the beginning.