Wosrt wind conditions ever!

[JCDot33]

So, I played yesterday, nice bright sunny day, warm sun but a hell of a lot of wind ... seriously I am telling you it was a three-club wind ... when I was hitting into it I was hitting my 7i at 125 yrds and just making the green (normally that's a PW for me ... ). Tee shots with the wind were long, and jaw dropping (think I tagged one for like 325) and if you were in a cross wind situation ... fuhgehtabotit - aim to the opposite side of the fairway/green and PRAY!

So, what is the worst wind that any of you have ever played in ... let's hear the horror stories!

[GolferDot]

we had strong winds yesterday too, I hit Driver 6 Iron into a 500 meter (550 yard) par 5 and felt like a god. Next hole 308 meter (340 yards) par 4 and was short after driver 3 wood felt like a mortal again.

[JCDot33]

one was obviously DOWN wind, the other UP wind, I guess I will leave everyone else to figure out which was which

[GolferDot]

LOL, I also had 3 birdies on the back nine, as well as one tripple and two double bogeys. 3 birdies - down wind, the disasters = upwind/crosswind.

[julie_m]

Haha, I just played in Ike. I remember hitting a fine driver shot that landed basically at my feet. (An exaggeration, but it d@mn near felt like it.) On the back few, I would tap seven irons onto the greens from the tees. It was nuts! But no waiting!

[Harold]

Today I had the toughest wind conditions I have played in years. An early and not so mild wind storm blew through Puget Sound . Recorded wind gusts were in the 50's in my neck of the woods. If it wasn't evergreen it was on the tees, in the fairways, sand, and on the greens. Even if it was evergreen there were plenty of small branches and one 1' diameter tree that had fallen in a fairway. I did get a startle when during the peak gusts one tree I was walking by really started popping bad about 40' up. It didn't snap but I would not be surprised if it does in the coming weeks. I had a great day and game and I really didn't have any issues with the wind or the course but my GPS conked out on #1 and the last 5 holes I had unwanted dog company. A young half pit bull/half ? wandered onto the course from somwhere. He was not happy and I think the only reasons he didn't get aggressive on me was he was still young and I was armed. He was thinking about it but also wanted out. Not the first time I have had dog company and both times it has been when I have had the course to myself.

[Harry Longshanks]

Today I had the toughest wind conditions I have played in years. An early and not so mild wind storm blew through Puget Sound .

You ain't lyin' H.

It was ugly out there.

[Wine&Poker]

That wind worked well for me down in Portland. Crosswind on the 191 yd Par 3 11th on the Reserve's south course blew my tee ball into the hole for my first ever hole-in-one. Ended up with a 76, but after 20 years including high school and college golf, it was amazing to see that first ace drop!

[geezer]

I had a tailwind that allowed me to hit a 320 yard drive once. Thats a pretty dang strong wind, btw 50-70 yards extra.

As a point of interest, yesterday at the Dunhill links championship Harrington hit a drive which he described (in his own words) as "right out of the middle of the clubface" which went 195 yards...

[Dent]

3 Wood into every par 3. Hitting 4 irons 120 yards.

[M2R]

Last year day before Thanksgiving at the Hoxie Golf Course in NW Kansas. Sustained wind speeds of 50-55 mph with gusts to 70 mph. High temperature for the day of 42 degrees. Biggest problem was that raising your arms above chest high was like hoisting a sail making it virtually impossible to maintain any sort of balance.

The wind can really blow out there. We were windsurfing at Wilson Lake once and the portable weather station was recording average wind speed of 77 mph (also the most for that sport).

[tjy355]

Probably not the worst, but the steady 30mph tradewinds made playing the Plantation at Kapalua (Maui) pretty interesting!