What's the hottest weather you've ever golfed in?

[Beachcomber]

I've played golf when it was 110+ when I lived in the 'Valley of the Sun'.  One year my brother-in-law and I played 54 holes over the course of a summer day that was in that type of heat.  I didn't think it was possible to drink that many Gatorades.  Thankfully, Ocotillo, the course we were playing, had a Marshall who would bring cold/wet towels around that you could put on your head - to help bring your body temp down.

[Jimbo Slice]

Where was that picture taken, Las Vegas?

Originally Posted by Timothy Voyles

June 15th last year...

on June 15, 2011 the temperature was 107 in Las Vegas.

The thermostat in most cars is rarely accurate. They always read about 5 degrees hot. If you know your cars thermostat to be accurate then thats good, but I have yet to see one that has ever been accurate or lower then the actual temp. They always read hot.

[Laws of Woo]

Hottest ever? Probably a couple years back when I played in New Mexico. Hit something like 112, but low humidity. Up here in PA, it doesn't get quite so hot...I typically play rounds in the summer with temps in the mid 90s, and often times with higher humidity. Last Wednesday I played, temp hit 103 with high humidity...that was brutal.

[fiveirondraw]

I live in Phoenix. I have played in 110+ heat before. It is a dry heat, though.

[BuckeyeNut]

Originally Posted by Jimbo Slice

The hottest day ever in Las Vegas was 117/118. There was never a 122° day on record in Las Vegas.  I golfed in 105 today, there is a chance of record breaking heat this year also. If it happens, I'll golf it.

2005 was the year that broke the record. It was July 19. 2005. 117/118.

That may be the official high for Vegas proper.  Something I found interesting as a tourist watching the local news is there would be drastically different temps all around the viewing area.   That always stuck with me because I thought it was interesting how the temps could vary so much over such a small distance.  I was there the week of July 19th because I watched the last several holes of the final round of the '05 British Open when Tiger won at St. Andrews from our hotel!!  hahahaha....that's funny  One nice thing is the tourney was over fairly early in the morning "vegas time" so it didn't waste my day away.

PS...It wasn't just hot 1 day.......it was blistering hot every day for the entire week we were in town.  Even the locals were freaking out about the record temps.  I remember watching local news in the evening because everybody was talking about the heat wave.  It was HOT.

[preisman]

108 yesterday, San Antonio, record high for the month of June. And I was playing 18 after work. It felt so much hotter. The humidity and the temp was killer.

[mmoan2]

Phoenix, AZ in the summer after 9 AM is just silly. I just happen to live there. I teed off at 1PM last week and it was 112. I lost 9 pounds in one day, had heat stroke an was cramping up so badly I couldn't walk until 2AM that night. Damn, I must love this game!

[divot dave]

Originally Posted by thekoreandart

Well done. A buddy of mine and I were thinking of going out yesterday or today but decided against it. I'll make up for it next week.

Where'd you end up playing? (I'm up in Montgomery County)

the abington club in jenkintown pa. nice little 9 hole course with 5 par 4's and 4 par 3's. friendly environment there too.

[Timothy Voyles]

Originally Posted by Jimbo Slice

Where was that picture taken, Las Vegas?

on June 15, 2011 the temperature was 107 in Las Vegas.

The thermostat in most cars is rarely accurate. They always read about 5 degrees hot. If you know your cars thermostat to be accurate then thats good, but I have yet to see one that has ever been accurate or lower then the actual temp. They always read hot.

It was something I had a pic on facebook of that day, I'm fully aware t stats used in cars for ext temps are not 100% accurate, even if it was off by 5 that's still 112, which is way up there. =)

[Double Bogey]

Suppose to be 105 today in Atlanta... I am hitting the links after lunch.

[divot dave]

Originally Posted by Double Bogey

Suppose to be 105 today in Atlanta... I am hitting the links after lunch.

best of luck to you! let us know how your round turns out.

[newtogolf]

100* with a heat index of 104*.  It was so hot my shirt wasn't soaked from sweat it was just evaporating off of me.   Front 9 weren't bad but I could feel it on the back 9.

[divot dave]

I don't know how you 100 + degree golfers do it. I was just at the driving range during my lunch break... its about 95 today where I work, feels like 98 (says weatherchannel.com) 40 % humidity, and I was roasting! There was no wind which made it probably feel worse, but still... I couldn't imagine going in 100 plus... although if I get the opportunity, i'll likely give it a try just to join the club.

[GJBenn85]

Last year I played several times in the middle of the afternoon during July and August.  The worst had a heat index around 108º with high humidity.  It was brutal, couldn't drink enough water and never had to pee.

[buckeyekid1996]

Originally Posted by zipazoid

I've lived in South & Central Florida since 1982 & have played hundreds (if not thousands) of rounds here in that time.

But the hottest day I ever had on a golf course was in New Philadelphia, Ohio - Oak Shadows Golf Course. It was about 96 degrees, but the course is in a valley. It was like DEATH Valley that day. Never experienced heat like that anywhere in Florida at any time.

Is Oak Shadows any good? i live 30 minutes away from New Philly but never played there.

[Bullitt5339]

The heat index today when we made the turn at Waterway Hills in Myrtle Beach was 116*.  Had to take advantage of every bit of shade we could get and ended up playing 27 holes.  We lost one player after 16 holes due to heat exhaustion, but he was from Vegas and just couldn't handle the 97 degree temperature with 60% humidity, which gave us the heat index of 116.

The good thing is that the course was empty, we could take our time and take a break in the shade when we needed it.

[Chuckles76]

Every summer in Southeast Texas we play in temps at 100F or higher with 100% humidity. It's miserable, but we gonna play. The past couple of weeks we've had heat indeces of 110+ and 90-100% humidity. My buddies and me are literally dripping sweat.

[bunkerputt]

Whatever earth-dwellers.  I'm too busy playing golf on the Sun with my light-saber and polyester suit.