Golf: Eastwood in Fort Myers closing Thursday so carts can be ...

Eastwood Golf Course in Fort Myers will close Thursday, and it's indirectly tied into the coronavirus pandemic. GOLFGolf:EastwoodinFortMyersclosingThursdaysocartscanbeusedatFortMyersCountryClubGregHardwigNaplesDailyNewsViewCommentsViewCommentsEastwoodGolfCourseinFortMyerswillcloseThursday,andit'sindirectlytiedintothecoronaviruspandemic.InordertoaccommodateCDCguidelinesofsocialdistancing,CityofFortMyersdirectorofgolfRichLambwilltakethegolfcartsusedatEastwoodandmovethemtoFortMyersCountryClub,thecity'ssistercourse.Bothallowpublicplay.Lambsaidhewasaskedbythecitymanagertodoso."Hewantstoseeeverybodyhavetheirowngolfcart,"Lambsaid."Inthetimesweareliving,it'snotabadthingtodooraskfor."Giventhattask,Lambtriedtothinkofawaytomakeitworkthatwascosteffectivemovingforward.Ifherentedgolfcarts,therewasthechancethosewouldnotbeneededpastapossiblecontractifthesocialrestrictionsfromthepandemicwereeased,forexample,inthenextmonthortwo."Thatjustdoesn'tmakesense,"Lambsaid.LaterMonday,theCityofCapeCoralannouncedtheclosingofitscitycourse,CoralOaks,untilatleastApril6duetothecoronavirus.More:HowSouthwestFloridagolfcoursesaredealingwithCOVID-19pandemicPlus:FormerNaplesclubproreturnstoworkinChinaaslifestartstogetbacktonormalfromCOVID-19Theotherpartwouldbethepossibilityofthegovernorshuttingdownthestatetoa"stay-in-place"orsimilarorderthatahandfulofotherstateshavedone.Thentherewouldbenoneedtohavetheextracarts.Eastwooddoesnotallowwalking,butFortMyersCountryClubdoes,sothatplayedapartinthedecisionaswell."Wecaneasilytrolleyover30or35cartsoverthenexttwoorthreeorfourdaystogetusinapositionwherewecanhandleit,"Lambsaid.Lambsaidplayhasbeen"outstanding"inthepastweek.GregHardwigisasportsreporterfortheNaplesDailyNewsandTheNews-Press.FollowhimonInstagram,FacebookandTwitter:@NDN_Ghardwig,emailhimatghardwig@naplesnews.com.Supportlocaljournalismwiththisspecialsubscriptionoffer at https://cm.naplesnews.com/specialoffer/ViewCommentsViewComments