Cold Winter regions

[motteler621]

So I was wondering about the people who live in a geographical region where the winters are too cold to play golf, what do you do during that time to stay fresh on your swing? Where do you even practice swinging? I know of an indoor golf simulator thing in my town. Ive never tried it, but will probably this winter. What do you guys do?

[walk18]

Heated range, I don't like simulators. Putting on carpet.

[bwdial]

A friend of mine is moving from Huntsville, Alabama to Yarmouth, Maine. I don't know how he's going to deal with not being able to go outside with his clubs for half the year.

[Skragbait]

Tiger Woods PGA Tour on the Wii :P

There are a couple indoor ranges near me. I'm going to hit them a few times this year.

[markpf189]

Here in Buffalo there are a few indoor dome ranges that you can practice at, one really nice one about 10 minutes from my house. I don't like to practice on mats, but it's the best you can do during the winter here. I envy you guys that can golf year round!

[wrx_junki]

The local courses stay open through the winter so I guess I can go practice there as long as there isn't snow on the ground. I usually pack it up for about 5-6 months during the winter. Thinking about possibly playing through the winter this year since I've been sucking and need to be punished in the cold.

[Chris223]

I don't touch a golf club over the winter. Never have. Depending on how I'm playing, it's a welcome break. I just give my clubs a real good cleaning, tuck them into the closet and forget about golf for several months. When springtime rolls around again I just work out the rust and find my swing eventually.

[golfro]

Oregon and Washington definitely isnt considered Winter regions but it can get fairly cold during the winter months.

Back in HS, our golf season being Spring time, winter time was training season for me. Rain, wind, frozen greens, frozne fairways...all part of the game in OR and WA during the cold months.

[Lefty-Golfer]

Here in PA we can typically play through most of December, occasionally we can play in january and often the end of february the weathers starts to lighten up. I typically take off 8 weeks in the winter and i hate it...freakin hate it. I do nothing to get rid of the rust, i sit around and bitch because we can't play and spend several fridays (typical golf day for me) in one of the Casinos, usually the Borgota.

[Lefty-Golfer]

A friend of mine is moving from Huntsville, Alabama to Yarmouth, Maine. I don't know how he's going to deal with not being able to go outside with his clubs for half the year.

alabama to Maine? WTF that is a tough one...he better learn to snowmobile or ski or something...jeez it is so damn cold there canada didn't want it.

[Dave H]

I'll usually hit up an indoor range/simulator a few times over the winter and I try to take a few swings every evening in my living room. Sometimes I putt or chip in the living room too. The wife and kids aren't so keen on that though

[jlh1508]

putting in my office to keep the putting stroke smooth and then visit the indoor range

[Kieran123]

No golf in Calgary in the Winter.....not a chance....this winter I'll be at indoor ranges a lot and my buddy is building a new house and putting in a golf simulator, so that should be fun

I miss New Zealand's winter...10 degrees is heaven compared to negative 30

[yenner]

Like some of the others the courses here are open unless covered. Some will allow you to play in the snow or even do a charity event/fund raiser.

Other than that we either go here or do like last year and travel. Went to the Sand Hills region in NC in Feb. Will probably go again this coming year.

[motteler621]

well i found out my golf learning center is open year round. Has heated outdoor range, not sure how cold it gets with the heaters though. Also has indoor hitting stations, no dome though, and a indoor golf simulator. So I will probably be hitting that place up quite a bit from november to march

[melchior]

There's a indoor sim within 20 minutes; but that's all that I got that's under 1 hour away from me. I try to make it out there about once every 3-4 weeks since I really don't like the feel of it but there's not really any other options.

[double_j]

I take a total golf break in the winter. Granted, it generally stays warm enough in NJ to play into November at worst without having to excessively layer up. One year we were able to play reasonably comfortably in January. I don't really mind not swinging for only three, maybe four, months - it keeps the girlfriend happy and the only thing that really suffers is my short game.

Oddly enough, I actually find that some of my most enjoyable rounds happen after the break. Expectations are generally low and I'm really just able to enjoy the returning warmth. Not to mention that I never try to play too fancy early on - I just try to make good contact on straightforward golf shots and play for the center of the green. I won't usually score a personal low, but the important thing is that I just don't care what the card says at that point.

Definitely a ying-yang philosophy. You don't realize how much you love golf until it's not there for a while.

[ezmorningrebel]

if there isn't snow on the ground i'll go play. i love having the courses to myself.