NATURE CALLS: Urinating on the Golf Course

For many thousands of years we have all lived in a very unfair gendered world where men have taken the lion’s share of everything. This is now beginning to change and gender equality is firmly on the agenda across the board. I am a supporter of this and wish to see an even break for both sexes. Life, however, is also full of complexities and urinating on the golf course is one of these. Golf for many decades was primarily a male recreational pursuit, with few women playing the game. I am sure this was not simply by choice and women were excluded from golf clubs in acts of discrimination based on gender. This has now changed in most clubs. Therefore, the issue of blokes pissing on the golf course was previously a non-starter in contentiousness. There were no women around and guys did not mind their playing partners dashing behind a tree for a quick piss during a round of golf. The medley round played several days a week changes this situation. Nature calls: Urinating on the golf course becomes an issue for some.

Men Pissing Anywhere But in the Toilet Disgusting

There are women who find men pissing anywhere but inside an appropriately constructed toilet as disgusting and unnecessary. Many of these women are now members of golf clubs. I can see their point of view from a purely hygienic and modern view of the world in the twenty first century. However, one of the simple pleasures of life in the great outdoors for a man is pissing in the open, usually up against a tree. Playing a round of golf over four hours or more, where trips into the rough and bushland are more frequent than one would expect from a half decent golfer, the inclination to take a piss comes upon one at least once a round. The heavy drinker who plays golf is another story completely and counting his urinating forays by the number of digits can spread to more than two hands.  These individuals may be lessening the amount of hand watering required to do by greenkeepers and their staff.

In any case, urinating on the golf course is a simple pleasure enjoyed by most male golfers. It is carried out with sensitivity in the greater majority of instances.

Women Golfers Welcome to Urinate Outdoors As Well

Now, I have no problem with women golfers urinating on the course and invite those who feel so inclined to do so. I would imagine that this practice may well exist on ladies days but, obviously, I have no direct knowledge of this.

Let us all approach these complex issues with sensitivity and understanding in our hearts. Tolerance is required in a pluralistic society after all. Nature calls: Urinating on the golf course, perhaps, just look away if it bothers you at all. Life in the great outdoors inspires natural actions and can be a temporary return to a simpler way of life.

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