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Very mild Winter here in St.Louis.  65 today,  50's throughout the week and 65-70 next weekend.  Playing today and next Saturday.  

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I punched February on my Michigan card.  Walked 36 holes today and played 18.*  That makes 24 straight months with at least one round each month in the Frozen Mitten.  45 degrees and no wind made for a very pleasant day.  If the 10 day forecast is correct, I will be playing some more before the month is over.  :-)

 

 

* My wife & I often walk local closed courses and today the private layout we hiked was in such nice shape I had to go out and find someplace to play.

Brian Kuehn

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I just got back from 4 days in Mexico...played three days in a row. It should help get me through the rest of the winter, especially if we get a few more warm weekends here in the Northeast.

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42 minutes ago, Hardspoon said:

I just got back from 4 days in Mexico...played three days in a row. It should help get me through the rest of the winter, especially if we get a few more warm weekends here in the Northeast.

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You damn bastidge! Seriously, that looks really great!

This weekend I'm watching Pebble Beach, which is the tourney that, for me, really gets the juices flowing and the itch going! Has been for years! We're so close to March we can feel it, but that guarantees nothing. Still, pitchers and catchers report to Indians training camp tomorrow in Arizona, and there's light in the sky past 6 PM! Spring is coming!

Plus, we have a golf dome now! I try to get out there at least once a week to swing the sticks, and I put my hands on a grip every day. Sometimes I'll just take one out the back door and swing it for a few minutes. Last time we played was "warmish" day in December! Can't wait!

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14 inches Thursday. 4 inches Friday night. 12 more today into tomorrow. :cry:

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I feel so sorry for all you guys up North.  I went to the driving range yesterday.   It was 82 degrees, not humid but dry.  And there was a nice breeze, blowing out, so all my shots were going 10 yards farther than usual.   I spent most of my time just looking up at the blue sky, the fleecy white clouds, the green trees, their leaves rustling in the breeze. 

You can feel sorry for me in August. 

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1 hour ago, boogielicious said:

14 inches Thursday. 4 inches Friday night. 12 more today into tomorrow. :cry:

Keep it.   It missed us...

From the land of perpetual cloudiness.   I'm Denny

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49 minutes ago, Marty2019 said:

I feel so sorry for all you guys up North.  I went to the driving range yesterday.   It was 82 degrees, not humid but dry.  And there was a nice breeze, blowing out, so all my shots were going 10 yards farther than usual.   I spent most of my time just looking up at the blue sky, the fleecy white clouds, the green trees, their leaves rustling in the breeze. 

You can feel sorry for me in August. 

Im in Ohio and it was 60 with a slight breeze yesterday, I went to the range in a t shirt and shorts haha.

In the 50s today, hoping to get a quick 9 in

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On 2/11/2017 at 7:46 PM, bkuehn1952 said:

 That makes 24 straight months with at least one round each month in the Frozen Mitten.

I can respect that, just can't identify with it anymore.  Just getting out to the range now.  Trying to remember which side of the ball to take my stance.

 

On 2/12/2017 at 8:40 AM, Marty2019 said:

I feel so sorry for all you guys up North.  I went to the driving range yesterday.   It was 82 degrees, not humid but dry.  And there was a nice breeze, blowing out, so all my shots were going 10 yards farther than usual.   I spent most of my time just looking up at the blue sky, the fleecy white clouds, the green trees, their leaves rustling in the breeze. 

You can feel sorry for me in August. 

Just a teeny tiny bit.

Another masochist ensnared by golf

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Here in the Delightful Mitten, I just played my 2nd round of February, yesterday, and the really nice weather (60's, sunny) isn't due until this coming weekend.  My expectation is any open courses will be zoos Saturday & Sunday so I had to make an effort to play one last time before the hordes descend on my little patch.  My depression is temporarily lifted.  ;-)

Brian Kuehn

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We have another cold day tomorrow, well actually today having just looked at the time. Then we are due for a near solid week of temps in the upper 50's to 60 degrees! Huzzah! Got an e-mail from a local upscale, daily fee course that they are open!

Yes, Saturday and Sunday will be a zoo, but my buddy and I are both retired, and seniors can play for $22 bucks on weekdays! We gotta get out there Monday when it's supposed to be 60! Gotta call him tomorrow and make tee times. Yes, yes, yes!!

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It's going to be nice here this weekend, not warm but nice enough to play, 50's.

If only we didn't have 2 feet of snow on the ground, no way is all this crap melting by then, total bummer.

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We are mid-40's now, the snow is gone, but the biblical deluge of water continues. Rain forecast for the next 7 days. 

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It was 30 this morning but with highs in the 70's the next 10 days things are looking up! Been a very light winter other than some blistering cold days. Only one day were we got a very light dusting of snow. 

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13 minutes ago, kpaulhus said:

It was 30 this morning but with highs in the 70's the next 10 days things are looking up! Been a very light winter other than some blistering cold days. Only one day were we got a very light dusting of snow. 

Sounds like St Louis this year 

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I'm going to try and dig out an area to set up my net this weekend. The backyard has about 2 feet of snow in it, but it is going to be warm in the 50s and it's light enough to get some work in after work.

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It's been in the 60s here for the past two weeks or so. I'm definitely getting out this weekend. I have a bad feeling we're going to pay for this good weather now in March and April, though.

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There's a local weatherman who, occasionally, likes to dole out little factoids about our recent weather and laid some on us last night. Since the onset of Winter (Dec. 21), we have had a TOTAL of 7 days without precipitation! We are entering a period of 5 straight warm, sunny days with no rain or snow. The last time we had 2 straight days without precip was November 2016, and the last time we had 3 straight was September 2016!

BTW, we have tee times for Monday! Yeah!

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