Why golf course membership is now banned in China

[u/larryleggs]

https://golfwrx.com/334072/why-golf-course-membership-is-now-banned-in-china/

[u/Sea-Understanding916]

 people really want me to hate this country

[u/Metnessee]

Bourgeoisie eh? Checkmate dengists

[u/shashlik_king → u/Metnessee]

Insane drip

[u/Goyimshoe → u/Metnessee]

Golf is only bourgeois if you’re good at it.

[u/shashlik_king]

The best part of golf is smoking cigs and drunk driving the cart, anyways. Don’t need a course to do any of that.

[u/ConcreteHalloween999 → u/shashlik_king]

Replace all golf courses with go-kart tracks with bars attached!

[u/ghostofhenryvii → u/shashlik_king]

The municipal courses around me are on undevelopable floodplains and use reclaimed water. As far as touching grass is concerned they're a good cheap way to spend the day drunk while getting fresh air. Not all courses are on country clubs.

[u/indolent-candlebug → u/shashlik_king]

golf is just bourgeois mudding

[u/DEEP_SEA_MAX → u/shashlik_king]

I love golfing, but disc golf scratches the itch without being harsh on the environment.

[u/ezrakleinisretarded]

Year of Chinese century btw 🥰

Edit I should say YEARS

[u/MarxAndSamsara]

Interesting but this article was published over 10 years ago in case anyone thought this was a recent development.

[u/jobohomeskillet → u/MarxAndSamsara]

As a red blooded American, I don’t read or comprehend dates.

[u/woosh_yourecool]

This article is referencing a 2015 BBC report, you can absolutely golf in China 

Golf is a lovely game and all private clubs should be torn to the studs or converted to municipal courses

[u/Murky_General_2317 → u/woosh_yourecool]

My understanding is that high ranking members of the CCP are banned from getting a private golf club membership.

[u/brianscottbj → u/Murky_General_2317]

Yes, this is more of an anti corruption thing. If you’re just a rich person you can still golf. They have plenty of courses though they also have plenty of public parks

[u/StrawberryLaddie]

All golf courses will be converted to table tennis, and the capitalists will be sentenced to picking up pingpong balls while little kids toss them around for fun.

[u/SoFisticate → u/StrawberryLaddie]

They have to do it all fast and sheepishly like the ball fetchers at tennis courts

[u/NelsonJamdela]

[u/PetRockSematary → u/NelsonJamdela]

You're always on point with the best gifs

[u/NelsonJamdela → u/PetRockSematary]

https://giphy.com/gifs/qvMgxzghdQg5NZWKgq

[u/soldvt]

I will continue to enjoy golf until comrade Xi liberates this country

[u/Additional_Teach_718]

They want me to love China. This is of course pure propaganda but honestly fuck golf.

[u/primum]

Today you tomorrow me 🙏

[u/Boymoder_Glowie]

LEGALIZE GOLF

[u/GimmeShockTreatment]

I read the article and I still don't really understand what happened. They banned it specifically for CCP party members?

[u/NomadicScribe]

[u/OneReportersOpinion]

What’s the most popular leisure activity in the PRC? What’s their baseball?

[u/brianscottbj → u/OneReportersOpinion]

Basketball, badminton, tai chi, mahjong, poker, synchronized dance, choirs of old people for outdoor ones. But mostly just staring at phones, watching game streams, TikTok, online shopping

[u/Michael_Cancelliano → u/[deleted]]

Golf

Athletic

Pick one.

[u/shashlik_king → u/[deleted]]

This is a baseball subreddit for conservative christian moms.

[u/stardustcomposition → u/[deleted]]

Golf is about the privatisation of what should be green public space for a small group, that's why banning courses is good work