How did you do?

[HAIRY ESSEX BLOKE]

All I can do is paddle on the course between the puddles so much rain on the east coast and Frinton is very low compared to sea level, but I was out there. I feel for the green staff there is very little they can do, till they can drain water uphill.

 

[Halebopp]

I played my first-ever winter golf round today as my old home club opened their courses for the weekend. Unfortunately the weather turned a bit too warm and the snow became soft so your feet and the balls would sink into it, leading to lots of ball searching and heavy walking as opposed to the snow being practically as hard as ice.

There's nothing to write home about with regard to the score but at least we got a good walk with friends out of it.

 

[PaulBoy]

I played my first-ever winter golf round today as my old home club opened their courses for the weekend. Unfortunately the weather turned a bit too warm and the snow became soft so your feet and the balls would sink into it, leading to lots of ball searching and heavy walking as opposed to the snow being practically as hard as ice.

There's nothing to write home about with regard to the score but at least we got a good walk with friends out of it.
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I will never complain about wet conditions in the UK again!

 

[Varry Hardon]

I played my first-ever winter golf round today as my old home club opened their courses for the weekend.

What colour is the ball? Black?

 

[DennisMiller]

What colour is the ball? Black?

I was wondering the same thing. Optic red or orange maybe? If the snow got soft, did it embed deeply enough not to be seen unless you practically walked on it?

Those are obviously conditions I have never played in. It makes me thankful I also play guitar, a nice, safe, indoor hobby...

 

[Halebopp]

Ha, I found orange and red to be the best colours. Matte green and yellow didn't pop out quite as much from the snow. Plenty of times you were simply looking for a hue in the snow with the ball buried somewhere in there.

Paul, I take it our spring and autumn conditions would be comparable to your winter conditions. It occurred to me just now that I probably didn't talk about my trip to St Andrews a year ago, early February (R&A Tournament Administrators & Referees Seminar). We got lucky and got tee times for the Old Course via the ballot and to me the fairways seemed very firm, like prime July, August conditions when the courses here usually are at their best. That's not to say the Old Lady is necessarily a prime example of your average February course conditions in the U.K.

 

[DennisMiller]

Let's see, how can I describe this... Have you ever some something in such a frustrating way, that you wanted to burn your clothes?

I played the much easier back nine at Killian Greens this morning. There was a lot of wind, but that's no excuse, because I simply didn't hit many shots on the face of the club. Honestly, I hit one brilliant shot, 145 yards, low punched 4 iron under and around a tree with about a 30 yard fade that ran up onto the middle of the green. Nothing else was worth remembering. Only three pars all morning.

 

[DennisMiller]

Last Monday was no better than my post immediately above this one. Inventing a swing that doesn't let the bone spurs in my shoulders hurt me was an immediate success, but all of a sudden, I can't seem to do it. I'm not hurting, just not making good contact.

I might need these things I've heard of... I think they're called... uh... lessons?

Is is a pill you take? Or is it something you rub on your skin? Do you wear it to bed at night? Do you smoke it?

 

[PaulBoy]

Hi Dennis ... Your mention of lessons made me think of the cartoon below ...

 

[DennisMiller]

Yep... I know a few people who have to rush out and be the first to buy the latest driver, (usually from Taylormade), or make a point of letting you know they got the latest iPhone.

 

[DennisMiller]

I played 9 this morning. The humidity was brutal, even though the temperature wasn't so high.

I've come to an unfortunate conclusion... I recently started seeing a Nephrologist about my kidney issues and he has made me swear off Ibuprofen. I used to take 3 tablets before I'd play golf. I felt I was able to loosen up more easily. Now, I don't seem to be able to do that. No amount of swinging my weighted warm up device helps.

I shot 43 on the back nine, a track I should break 40 on with ease.

 

[DennisMiller]

Played 9 this morning under much more comfortable cloudy skies. I hit every fairway and 6 greens, but screwed up a couple holes badly enough to shoot 41, 5 over. For no good reason I could say, I actually hit the ball pretty well this morning.

 

[Br1an_g]

Played a full round at downfield on Sunday in some stunning weather for a change.
Felt like I was hitting it well but scoring badly and just broke 100. Good hole, bad hole golf .. not been playing much so my expectations are a bit out of sync with reality.

 

[DennisMiller]

I was hitting it well but scoring badly.

That's the story of my later life. Sometimes I feel like my game has multiple personalities. Like yesterday, my putting stayed home. Last week, my iron game stayed home. When I said something to one of my friends about it, he suggested maybe I needed a bigger car, that maybe everything couldn't fit in my Honda CR-V.

We leave Friday for North Carolina, to see our grandson's high school graduation on Saturday. So far, neither he nor my son-in-law have talked about playing golf, so I'm not planning on taking my clubs. We return on the night of the 14th.

It's sort of painful to be there, because my daughter's family lives in the Prestonwood subdivision, (Cary, NC), across the street from Prestonwood Country Club, where the Champions Tour SAS Tournament is played. You see a lot of the course from the streets and it's just a magnificent looking course. Thankfully, it's VERY private, so I don't feel so badly about not being able to play there.

 

[Br1an_g]

played Southerness on Sunday. Beautiful course in great condition. probably hardest I have played purely as anything off the fairway was a lost ball..was wee bit windy too so hitting fairways wasn't easy. . If you fancy a challenge give it a go.

 

[DennisMiller]

I shot 31 on Monday... That's because I got rained out on the 7th green. Best round I've had going in a long, long time and it had to rain. I was 2 over par and really hitting it well. The golf gods don't like me.

 

[PaulBoy]

played Southerness on Sunday. Beautiful course in great condition. probably hardest I have played purely as anything off the fairway was a lost ball..was wee bit windy too so hitting fairways wasn't easy. . If you fancy a challenge give it a go.

Sounds like a 'mare Brian? - Assume it's a links course, in which case it's going to be tough due to the wind / weather? - Why would they make the rough so penal? - Maybe they are trying to keep the "casual / tourist golfers" away? - I don't mind a challenge but that sounds too tough for me?

 

[PaulBoy]

I shot 31 on Monday... That's because I got rained out on the 7th green. Best round I've had going in a long, long time and it had to rain. I was 2 over par and really hitting it well. The golf gods don't like me.

Shame about that Dennis - As you say, so annoying to be going so well & then have to quit? - I can handle a bit of rain (being from the UK & all) but in your neck of the woods, when it rains you can't keep playing!

 

[Br1an_g]

Sounds like a 'mare Brian? - Assume it's a links course, in which case it's going to be tough due to the wind / weather? - Why would they make the rough so penal? - Maybe they are trying to keep the "casual / tourist golfers" away? - I don't mind a challenge but that sounds too tough for me?

Yh it was a links course. The rough was a strange mix of grass and heather so the ball just disappeared. Wind at 20mph didn't help.

 

[DennisMiller]

Shame about that Dennis - As you say, so annoying to be going so well & then have to quit? - I can handle a bit of rain (being from the UK & all) but in your neck of the woods, when it rains you can't keep playing!

The problem here is less the rain than lightning. We rarely get any rain without thunder and lightning. I've seen what lightning can do to a manhole cover and it was scary as hell. We don't waste much time getting off the course if it rains.