So it’s Halloween and as I pen this post, there’s 3 inches of snow outside. As some of you may know, the Northeast got hit with a pretty big snow storm Saturday (where I live, the snow drifts reached a whopping 5 inches)!
OK, so I realize that’s not a lot of snow for Connecticut. But for October, it’s a tremendous amount of snow. In fact, I don’t ever remember this much snow prior to Halloween…ever. Temps are supposed to rise a bit this week and my guess is the snow will be melted by tomorrow, but that’s too little too late for me.
If you follow this blog regularly, you’ll know (well, first that this is Stinky Golfer Chris’ day to post, but he’s still in the dark after major power outages swept the area due to the storm)…but you’ll also know my golf has been limited this season.
That being said, I actually had plans to play this weekend (albeit only 9-holes, but plans nonetheless). Needless-to-say those plans were squashed by the inclement weather. But all this snow got me thinking about golfing when it’s cold. I’ve always held the position that if I can’t get by with a Polo shirt over a thermal, then it’s too cold. In other words, if I have to wear some sort of coat (which may hinder my swing), then the game is no longer fun.
Stinky Golfer Chris takes it a step further – he flat out states he won’t play golf when the temp drops below 50 degrees (10 celsius). But don’t tell any of this to golf retailers. You see, it seems they think we can (and should) be playing till the temps sink below freezing!
Why else would I have received a Golf Galaxy mailer pushing winter garb for the course? Golf Galaxy is dead serious. So, apparently, is Footjoy, who is providing the WinterSof gloves on the guy at the far right. But at what point is all this pointless? Isn’t your game going to suffer with all the extra layers? How about our friends up north in Canada – are they even still playing when the temps are hovering around freezing? Or is this all a ploy to get golfers to spend more money?
Perhaps.
But perhaps I’m thinking about this all wrong. Maybe it doesn’t matter all that much if your score goes up. Maybe, if you’re playing on a brisk winter day, you shouldn’t even keep score. Maybe you should just enjoy the fact that you’re outdoors and playing the game you love. Canadians, am I right?
Wow – this is exciting! I believe my golf season just got longer! Now, if they only gave out those gloves tonight instead of candy…
can’t imagine if people still played it in that kind of weather.
Today was 6-8 celcius and I played(soutwestern Ontario).
Played last week in 4 degree weather. Not too bad if u wear winter mitts between shots.
Well, that’s one reason I now live in Arizona instead of WA or Colorado. In Colorado on a sunny 36 degree day it’s not so bad except for a few drifts in the fairway and the flag stick frozen into the cup (or laying on the green because the cup is frozen). 300 yard drives are common and don’t even think about landing your ball on that frozen green. Hey, sometimes the itch is strong!
Apparently Rudyard Kipling was a fan of snow golf, wonder how he kept warm without all the warm light layers we have these days…brrr! Gotta admit I’m a fairweather golfer, unless I’m only going down to the range.
Downhill & cross country skiers, snowboarders, snowmobilers, sledders, ice fisherman, ice skaters, snowshoers and more all get to have fun in the winter time. Why not golfers? Why can’t a golf course rig up one of their machines to groom some snow into a fairway and green. Even a small 3 hole layout in the driving range. Throw down a couple mats for tees and charge me $5 to go out and whack the ball around for awhile? I don’t care what I shoot, I just want to get out of the house in months 1 and 2 of the calendar year.
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Apparently Rudyard Kipling was a fan of snow golf, wonder how he kept warm without all the warm light layers we have these days…brrr! Gotta admit I’m a fairweather golfer, unless I’m only going down to the range.