Northerners - What do you do during Winter?

[mcman1]

Heated golf range!

[McGolf-Doggie]

Indoor practice without ball.

Indoor putting practice

Heated Ranges -- 2 near me.

9 holes of Golf here and there possible when not below about 37, and no snow on the ground.

Maybe try to push that envelope this year.

+other sports:

Lots of Ice skating with the kids
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Mountain biking in the trees for less windage
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Surfing through December.

[zrlaegel]

heated driving range twice a week and 1 lesson every 2 weeks

[ctyankee]

I wait for springtime.

[mn723]

This weekend could be it for us MN golfers, anything after Nov. 1st is golfing on borrowed time. During the winter I work on 5 footers in my living room and sometimes chip balls at my couch pillows. I don't like hitting off of mats, so I don't go to dome unless I'm going golf crazy. I try to schedule a March trip to the desert once I get the itch again. One thing I think is great about MN golf is that every spring seems like a whole new season.

[Lefty-Golfer]

I am leaving next week for 4 day 7 round golf trip to San Juan, Scheuled another trip for the last week of January, and going to Forida in March...all quick 3 to 5 day trips but they help soooooooo much.

[etlreams]

One thing I think is great about MN golf is that every spring seems like a whole new season.

Well said!

[Leftygolfer]

Don't do too much. Not much of a range person. I play if it warm enough. I plan on working out and focusing on the family and new house.

[DocWu1948]

Got a dome that's 80 yards long about 5 miles away. Will go there twice a week Feb - March and wonder if my drives would have sliced. Actually, my best scores are usually in April, after the discipline of hitting many balls in a dome.

This year, I hope to start a tradition of an annual trip south in January. I'm retired and got the time.

From Nov-Dec, I jump out onto a course if the weather permits in Chicagoland. A year ago, it was 70F on 11/1 and we played that Monday. A few days later it snowed and that was the end of it. This year, I have already played twice in November and am scheduled for tomorrow. That's almost as much as we played in October.

[bogeyhitter25]

I have a shed that's pretty good sized in my back yard. I'm trying to find some place to put our lawnmower so I can try to set up my practice net in there and buy a mat and continue to swing. For short game, I always putt/chip around downstairs on the living room carpet. I try to get to the nearest indoor driving range, but it's about an hour away. I'll try to get there a few times this Winter. But I'm playing until there is legitimate snow on the ground. I can handle sub-freezing temperatures. It'd be sweet for myself and 3 of my buddies to go down south for 2 days and play a couple times, but me being a 16 year old, it'd also be pretty expensive.

[M2R]

Most courses around here, NE/Central Massachusetts, close Thanksgiving give or take.
That leaves:

Lots of choices for indoor/outdoor/covered/heated ranges.
Usually play a few rounds on Atkinson CC's simulator.
Windham CC and Far Corners do their best to stay open year round (I absolutely love playing Windham in the Winter).
I have never gone down to play but I hear some courses on the Cape also try to stay open year round.

Also do what a lot of others have posted, putting drills, chipping drills, mirror work, ...

Never feel golf deficient during the winter, just the opposite, I rather enjoy the peace and quiet. Played today (Crystal), forecast was for snow flurries this morning and tonight, no accumulation, saw a twosome finishing the 18th when we played the 2nd and that was it all day

[inthecup]

The wife got wii fit. I am going to try building core and flexibility with the yoga program.

I'd like to do a winter trip also.

[Prairie Golfer]

Put the clubs away and wait for spring. All I'll do is putt on the carpet. I've played a grand total of one round in the months of December, January and February in my life.

[goblue107501]

Put the clubs away and wait for spring. All I'll do is putt on the carpet.

Same here. On the rare occasion we have a good day or two over the winter I will play, but only if I don't have to pay for it. I hate to pay for a round of golf when I haven't played for a few months so nothing works and I suck. Sure it is nice to be out there, but it isn't worth the money for me knowing that it will be another month or two before I can play again.

[Dominic]

About 30 minutes from where I live there's a casino golf course with a peformance studio with garage stalls to hit in, or turn on the heater and hit into the cold (unless its snowing). Every Saturday I have a one and a half hour lesson there. Other than that I just play basketball and snowboard. Both are good sports to work on your core and arm muscles which helps for golf. Let me say this again. Snowboarding is a good off-season training exercise for golf.

[zrlaegel]

Funny, I was just thinking about this this morning. I always head south for Thanksgiving and Christmas so I get to play a little there. I usually shut down playing about right now and start focusing on lessons. I'll start lessons again in December. The winter is a great time to implement swing changes. One thing I haven't figured out is how to effectively practice short game during the winter. This is where I need the most practice.

i have a putt machine thingy from sharper image. i set up a bunch of pillows on top of my bed and try to get on top of them from my floor with my wedge(it drives my wife NUTS!) and heated range i dunno if there is a dome around here but ill play until the ground is frozen. the heated place a i go to is

www.ecoastgolf.com