Soooo Tired of the Wet Courses!

[Zippo]

Y'all know I'm not one to complain. I mean, my hair's falling out, my hands are arthritic. I've got a pacemaker. I've got arteries built by Crisco and lungs by Phillip Morris. I've got a bad knee, and my waist size is working on passing my IQ, but do I complain? Noooo! But I am so sick and tired of slogging through wet, swampy fairways only to putt on wet, sloppy greens. I had to give up on my favorite local goat track because you'd need snorkeling gear to play it. It's so bad even the ducks are wearing flotation gear. There's a nice course just north of me that enjoys claiming that they have water on almost every hole. Well, I got news for them - they got water between every hole as well! The sand in the bunkers is so wet you can't get it out with an excavator. Even my golf balls have wrinkles from the wet!

But, by gawd, I can't wait to golf tomorrow! 😁

[boogielicious]

That post was excellent @Zippo! Have fun!

[darthweasel]

head on down to Longview and play Three Rivers. Sure, the course is...a course, the drive long, but they do drain well!

[NoLHere]

13 hours ago, Zippo said:

Y'all know I'm not one to complain. I mean, my hair's falling out, my hands are arthritic. I've got a pacemaker. I've got arteries built by Crisco and lungs by Phillip Morris. I've got a bad knee, and my waist size is working on passing my IQ, but do I complain? Noooo! But I am so sick and tired of slogging through wet, swampy fairways only to putt on wet, sloppy greens. I had to give up on my favorite local goat track because you'd need snorkeling gear to play it. It's so bad even the ducks are wearing flotation gear. There's a nice course just north of me that enjoys claiming that they have water on almost every hole. Well, I got news for them - they got water between every hole as well! The sand in the bunkers is so wet you can't get it out with an excavator. Even my golf balls have wrinkles from the wet!

But, by gawd, I can't wait to golf tomorrow! 😁

At least your playing. In northern minnesota we still have a shit ton of snow on the ground. 

[KMP]

Courses are already drying out nicely in the South Sound; although aerification season is upon us too. Gives us a chance to test the bumpy green putting question from another thread....and 1/2 price greens fees at most courses.

[wakefield724]

Here in Colorado, our greens are brown and I can’t remember it raining for over 8 weeks. Just snow. In the dessert or in the swamp, golf is always enjoyable

[Bucki1968]

1 hour ago, NoLHere said:

At least your playing. In northern minnesota we still have a shit ton of snow on the ground. 

What is this "snow" you speak of?🏝️

[Double Mocha Man]

16 hours ago, Zippo said:

There's a nice course just north of me that enjoys claiming that they have water on almost every hole. Well, I got news for them - they got water between every hole as well! The sand in the bunkers is so wet you can't get it out with an excavator.

Three of my friends played that course yesterday.  I texted one guy about an hour ago for a report.  It was not good.  H2O, not in ponds, is anti-golfical.  I have two other friends about to try out the scene of your slipping and sliding down #1 incident, next week.  Expect that to be swampy, too.

[Zippo]

1 hour ago, Double Mocha Man said:

Three of my friends played that course yesterday.  I texted one guy about an hour ago for a report.  It was not good.  H2O, not in ponds, is anti-golfical.  I have two other friends about to try out the scene of your slipping and sliding down #1 incident, next week.  Expect that to be swampy, too.

As you know, it’s been raining most of the day again. I’m taking my chest waders tomorrow. My wife is encouraging me to go. I’m thinking it’s because my life insurance pays off for drowning…

[Double Mocha Man]

24 minutes ago, Zippo said:

As you know, it’s been raining most of the day again. I’m taking my chest waders tomorrow. My wife is encouraging me to go. I’m thinking it’s because my life insurance pays off for drowning…

I think your wife is onto something.  Any sand trap will do, since they're all filled with water.  I'll read about you in tomorrow's news....

[KMP]

21 hours ago, Zippo said:

As you know, it’s been raining most of the day again. I’m taking my chest waders tomorrow. My wife is encouraging me to go. I’m thinking it’s because my life insurance pays off for drowning…

That reminds me of a golf joke haha

[phan52]

Played nine holes the other day and my course in Philly is firming up nicely. First time this year with no mud on the ball. 

[p1n9183]

Playing golf on a swimming pool is better that staying inside 4 walls. I couldn't play yesterday because of weather, today is rainning so is probable that the course will remain closed over the weekend. I have a Mid-Am next week, I neeeed to practice!

[Sandy Divot]

We are starting to break dormancy here in the south, so the course is getting better every day. Still have a few wet fairways, but even the bad days are getting better.

[NM Golf]

The courses here are dryer than a popcorn fart. Divots, if you can take one, disintegrate into a cloud of dust. I actually love it, hard and fast. Nothing worse than a soggy golf course, no roll, mud on the ball every time you hit it, brutal.

[dennyjones]

We arrived near Jekyll Island and since we've been here they have had a top 10 wettest March ever.   I blame my wife..(don't tell her)

[Double Mocha Man]

14 minutes ago, dennyjones said:

We arrived near Jekyll Island and since we've been here they have had a top 10 wettest March ever.   I blame my wife..(don't tell her)

That is unfortunate.  Hopefully it doesn't affect the golf too much.  There's always the inside fireplace, a soft couch and a cocktail for when the hurricane blows through...

[dennyjones]

2 hours ago, Double Mocha Man said:

That is unfortunate.  Hopefully it doesn't affect the golf too much.  There's always the inside fireplace, a soft couch and a cocktail for when the hurricane blows through...

We've had a tornado warning and yesterday's round was cart path only.   Beats Michigan weather!