Clubs are out of the Trunk of my car..

[Scott_Tee]

How do I mark the change of Seasons? Taking my clubs out of the Trunk of my car, they've been there since Spring. Snowed last night here in Chicago...

[PiKapp23]

At the end of the season, I usually take the clubs and golf shoes out of the car into house and spend a week or 2 cleaning them, polishing them and changing grips, etc. It's a sad day...

Of course, once they are cleaned and ready for next season, they are returned to the car because you never know when you're gonna have a good day to play (plus it's just comforting knowing they are there...)

[ks8829]

I live in San Francisco Bay area and the weather is still nice, the only issue is rain rather than snow, I guess we are fortunate regarding golf weather.

But again you will have a white Christmas. :)

[Fourputt]

How do I mark the change of Seasons? Taking my clubs out of the Trunk of my car, they've been there since Spring. Snowed last night here in Chicago...

We have 6" of snow on the ground right now... clubs are still in the trunk. They will remain so until or unless it becomes apparent that we aren't having a golf winter. We usually get several playable days during the next 3 months and I plan to be ready to take advantage of them, so the clubs stay at the ready.

I am going to regrip a few of my clubs, but that's an ongoing process for me anyway. I only do it as they actually need it, and since I use some more than others, those need regripping more often. I just reshafted my driver in September, so that grip is good to go for quite a while now.

[TommyD69]

There was 2 to 8 inches of snow here is Cleveland, depending on which side of town you live on.

Once the snow starts, I switch from my pro bag, to my lite carry bag... Cart path only rules in the winter forces you to walk more than if you just carry your bag.

So, I tip toed thru the goose crap this past weekend, because the Lake Erie snow machine stopped just long enough for the decent temps to allow all the snow to melt (here on the West side) and I got a round of golf in...

To He11 with a white Christmas, I wanna play golf!!!

[schapman]

You mean you guys live in an area where it's safe to leave your clubs in the car?

Must be nice... chances are where I live 1 night of clubs in the car will be the night it get's broken into and the clubs are gone for good.

[Aetsh]

You mean you guys live in an area where it's safe to leave your clubs in the car?

Mine stay in all summer long..Golf clubs aren't high on the list of things to steal, In my opinion

[Klew]

mine go in the trunk in the morning and out the trunk at night. just about every day, unless I forget. I read somewhere (Golf Digest, maybe?) that the temperature changes of the day can start to wear on the integrity of the grips. Though, I don't know if it's true, I started removing the clubs from the trunk daily. Today is a pretty cool 68, but you never know when it'll hit 90 like 2 weeks ago. I love to experience winter in all its changes, but I also love to be able to golf all year round.

[Fourputt]

You mean you guys live in an area where it's safe to leave your clubs in the car?

One time more than 20 years ago my car (78 Corolla wagon) was broken into. They jacked the tape deck, and stole the ash tray (believe it or not) with about 20 cents in pennies in it. My full set of Golden Ram clubs were in the bag in back in plain sight and they didn't even touch them. Used golf clubs just aren't high on the list for burglars. I think they are too specialized and hard to get rid of.

I read somewhere (Golf Digest, maybe?) that the temperature changes of the day can start to wear on the integrity of the grips. Though, I don't know if it's true, I started removing the clubs from the trunk daily. Today is a pretty cool 68, but you never know when it'll hit 90 like 2 weeks ago.

It doesn't get significantly hotter in So Cal than it does in Denver in the summer. We see temps in the high 90's and low 100's every year, and it does not degrade the grips or damage the epoxy holding the clubhead on. I can tell you from experience (my clubs only leave my trunk when I need the space to carry something else) that the only way that could happen is if you drive an SUV and leave them in the direct sunlight, and even then I'm not that sure it would be a problem. But in the trunk there is no way there the temperature could get high enough to damage a golf club.

[Righty to Lefty]

Beautiful thing about living in the desert is year round golf. It is still in the eighties in Kuwait and sunny. It will only rain about six inches per year here so 99% of tee times are safe. Once it gets to the end of April it won't rain for at least 7 months. Shoot there won't even be a cloud in the sky during that time! The kicker is the 130 degree dry heat in July and the 125 degree nasty humid heat in August. Two months of hell is a small price to pay for year round bliss!

[schapman]

Mine stay in all summer long..Golf clubs aren't high on the list of things to steal, In my opinion

Maybe not where you live. Here they'll steal anything out of a car.

We've even had guys die locally trying to steal the metal from power lines.

[tiger4prez]

not to rub it in or anything...but im SOOOOO glad i dont have to stop playing golf.

thats why i moved to florida. I wanted to be able to golf year round.