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originally posted by: DISRAELI
a reply to: SocratesJohnson
Whether it was racism or not, some kind of stupidity was involved in calling in the police to enforce the rules of a private club.
originally posted by: matafuchs
Take race out of this. If it was 5 Chinese women or five gay white chicks this would not even be news. Seriously.
I have played golf since I was 8 and slow golfers happen. So you slam a beer while waiting..LOL...there is I am sure much more and for them to threaten to revoke I would give 5 to 1 these women were already on the radar.
People still expect us to believe the story of the evil racist white man who will do anything to ruin the day of some peaceful harmless "people of color". Yep, as soon as he saw them, his blood boiled... "black people on MY gold course?!" And he set out to "get them", just because... he gets pleasure from it...
Next were they not letting people play through?
originally posted by: 3n19m470
If they were asked to leave and refused, then what?
originally posted by: dragonridr
That is called a question the article said they were holding up other golfers.
originally posted by: dragonridr
I believe English is a second language for you. That is called a question the article said they were holding up other golfers. If they allow them to play through that wouldn't be the case. So again I ask were they not letting people play through?
One of those golfers, Damen Carter-Mann, told The Daily Record on Wednesday that the women kept up the pace the entire game. “Not one time,” he said, “did we catch up with those ladies.” He described them as nice and professional.
originally posted by: eNumbra
I don’t know about most people but I wouldn’t judge a persons pace by the first hole of the day, and therefore would at least give them to the third tee to begin hurrying them along.
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: eNumbra
I don’t know about most people but I wouldn’t judge a persons pace by the first hole of the day, and therefore would at least give them to the third tee to begin hurrying them along.
It doesn't make sense...No one would do that. Unless they were up to tee off and spent 20 mins warming up then finally tee off to spend another 20 mins getting to No 2 hole. That sounds ridiculous, but what else would cause this? They also took a break after 9th hole for 45 mins... So they did play the one side before it seems some of the staff had enough and asked them to leave.
originally posted by: eNumbra
You say nobody would do that and from yours or my own perspective that may be true, we may not have any reason to, but the club employee may see it different, whether the women are lying, they have a personal history with that employee, or that employee is indeed a racist, sure someone could certainly do that. Literally anything is possible when it comes to human interactions, humans are scum.
originally posted by: WeRpeons
a reply to: American-philosopher
I'm not a golfer, tried it and was bored with it. I do know during the time I was getting a feel for it, you can let the golfers behind you proceed to the next hole before you if you notice you're holding up their play. Maybe the staff should of just asked these women to let the golfers behind them proceed in front of them to the next hole?
Calling the police, are you kidding me? Sounds like some white club members didn't like the idea of seeing black women on their golf course.
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: Nickn3
Instead of Fore! I think you should yell pull, then hit the ball while in the air with a 12 gauge. It's not sportsman like to shoot it on the ground.
You never played clay bird golf... 18 stations where you have multiple skeet shooting scenarios...you even drive a gold cart to each station.
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: eNumbra
You say nobody would do that and from yours or my own perspective that may be true, we may not have any reason to, but the club employee may see it different, whether the women are lying, they have a personal history with that employee, or that employee is indeed a racist, sure someone could certainly do that. Literally anything is possible when it comes to human interactions, humans are scum.
I think there is history here, but looking at it as a golfer a group in front tees off and then these ladies tee off when that group gets about 1/2 way on the hole. The normal speed would be the front group is finishing up the hole and head to hole No 2 as the ladies hit up on the green. When they are done with No 1 the front group has tee off on No 2, and head out as the ladies drive up to the tee box.
But by their own words they were told they were too slow and so skipped No 2 and headed to No 3. What this means is the front group had finished No 2 and was well into No 3. for the ladies to skill a hole, Lol that is slow...
Add this level of slowness over the next 6 holes and a 45 min break and I can see people get upset.
originally posted by: Nightwalk
If the story is genuine then the women were being harassed. The complaints were subtle and annoying ways on telling them to leave.
The bigger question is why the women were golfing there in the first place. Isn't there a golf course in black areas? If whites were playing golf in a course run by blacks in a black community then they would also be harrassed. It's human nature. I hope those women weren't there to "prove a point" or "stick it to whitey" because if so then they definitely got what they deserved.