If you love golf, you wouldnt have a winter break? i dont get it !

[jetsknicks1]

Originally Posted by zipazoid

Living in Orlando, obviously, golf can be played year-round. But I don't. Instead, my seasons can be categorized as 'Playing Season' and 'Practice Season'.

Yeah, I can play in January...if I want to plunk down $100 & struggle to find a tee time amongst the tourists on a weekend...cuz I'm not playing after work during the week with it getting dark at 530p. So instead, from Nov thru March I just hit the range. A bucket of balls is $9 in August or February. Chipping & putting is free. And during the summer, that same $100 greens fee drops to like $20. So yeah - I play Grand Cypress...in July. Don't get anywhere near it in the winter.

Having moved here from northeast Ohio, I can tell you that it's just nice to know that i "could" play golf year-round if I wanted to. But it doesn't mean that I do. It's too expensive & too crowded.

We let the Canadians have the courses in the winter.

Doesn't that just drive you crazy? I live in Ocala, so we have more snowbirds than tourists and that's somehow worse. These guys are all retired, yet they feel the need to play on Saturday & Sunday morning. Every day is a weekend for you guys! Why do you have to grab the prime weekend tee times? I still play though because there is a great Muni 3 mins from the house. I just gotta get the earlies tee time possible so I'm not playing a 5hr round.

[Rebel_Golfer]

I live in Maryland and, Mother Nature willing, I usually play throughout the winter barring heavy snow. As long as it is at least 40° I am fine with throwing on my thermal mock and winter hat and heading out for a good walk!

It's actually pretty nice then, too, as most courses are just about empty and you can really fly through.