The Villages in Central Florida: Where Golf Is an 'Essential Activity'

THE VILLAGES — "RENOWNED AS AN ACTIVE-LIFESTYLE COMMUNITY," wrote Steve Trivett for MORNING READ — has shut down social activites due to the coronavirus.

The music has stopped in more ways than one.

There's no swimming, no tennis, no pickleball, no bowling, no softball. The 93 recreations centers are more or less idle, deserted.

Yet one remains. Trivett reported:

Because of the widening coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a "stay at home" order effective April 3. After the North Florida Section of the PGA of America sought a clarification of the order, golf was considered to be an "essential activity," and courses were allowed to remain open, provided that federal social-distancing…