Sam Newman rages about being unable to play golf
The spread of coronavirus has forced Victorians into an extreme lockdown but the only thing Sam Newman wants to know is why he can’t play golf.
The former host of the Footy Show has been vocal over the past few months as he criticised Premier Dan Andrews for preventing people from hitting the fairways as the pandemic brought life to a grinding halt.
That changed as restrictions started loosening once Australia looked to be beating the virus, but after an alarming increase in Victorian cases, a state of disaster has been declared - and unfortunately for Newman, he’s had to put his clubs back in the bag.
Greater Melbourne has been forced to implement a nightly curfew from 8 pm to 5 am but Newman is more concerned about why golf courses have ben forced to close.
“Open: bottle shops and liquor stores. Shut: golf courses,” Newman tweeted.
“Dilemma — sit a home and get s**t-faced OR step into the wide open spaces, well away from others, exercising as you do, by playing GOLF. And the lunacy goes on.”
After someone on social media responded, saying there are much bigger concerns right now - such as the effect of Victoria’s lockdown on unemployment rates - Newman still believed his complaint was valid.
“The 100,000 out of work may want to play GOLF — seeing as they’re out of work,” Newman wrote.
In April, Newman marched on Victoria’s Parliament House in Melbourne to demand the state’s golf courses be re-opened immediately.
But Andrews responded by saying, “no round of golf is worth someone’s life” as Newman repeatedly attacked the Premier’s leadership.