WEST BOYLSTON — The tee sheet was full from 7:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. on Friday as 150 golfers played on the first day of golf at Wachusett Country Club since Gov. Charlie Baker allowed golf courses to open on Thursday for the first time in six weeks due to the coronavirus.

"People are so happy today," Wachusett owner Cara Cullen said. "I think they felt like there's some hope. We haven't had a lot of hope for the last six weeks." Not everyone was happy, however. Among the strict guidelines golf courses had to follow in order to open was the banning of golf carts to promote social distancing. Golfers physically unable to walk 18 holes were upset they wouldn't be able to play. "I have been yelled at," Cullen said. "I have been screamed at. I have been threatened to be sued." Cullen said one golfer got in his car and left after screaming at her for discriminating against people with disabilities. She offered him phone numbers at the state house to register his complaints.

Cullen said after receiving complaints that the club was violating the Americans With Disabilities Act, she spoke with the Massachusetts Office on Disability on Friday. Cullen said she was told that the office had received thousands of complaints, that it should have been included on the 17-member Governor's Reopening Advisory Board that set the guidelines to reopen courses and that it planned to contact the governor's office. The T&G's call to the MOD for comment was not immediately returned.

Cullen hopes single riding carts will be allowed soon. She said a lot of her customers are older, Vietnam veterans, retired firefighters with COPD, people with heart and lung issues, people with knee replacements. But they can still golf if they can ride a cart. "I feel bad for them," Cullen said. "The people who can walk, they're so happy today to be golfing and the people who can't feel completely discriminated against by us and the state." Bob Smith, 72, of Worcester has been a member at Wachusett for 40 years, and he runs two leagues at the course. He recently underwent hip replacement surgery, so he can't walk while golfing, but he showed up on Friday to say hello to friends. He was upset he couldn't ride in a cart by himself.