Does winter end your golf year?

[boogielicious]

Most course around Boston start closing after Thanksgiving when the ground freezes or snow stays. I will keep playing until I can't. Then I go indoors. There are several indoor simulator places in the area. 

[pganapathy]

I put 6+ because India (and the southern part of it in particular) is lucky in that it is generally not very cold in the winter and we can play pretty much all year round.  The only time when golf takes a break for me is in the monsoon or rainy season

[garush34]

As long as there is no snow or major frost I will still head out to play. Like to get a few rounds playing links over the winter, usually a trip to Gullane or North Berwick does the trick.

[dkolo]

8 hours ago, RFKFREAK said:

We should try and play one more round together before the year is out.

I'd be game. I've been amazed at the great deals on Golf Now if I play during football on Sunday.

[Fourputt]

23 hours ago, GolfTheMoon said:

Having lived in Arizona my entire life, I'm curious how many of us are affected by the colder months. With the temperatures beginning to drop, does that limit your ability to play? Have any of you played your last round of the year yet?

We get enough relatively warm days here that the only thing that limits me on those days is the possibility of snow cover.  I hope to get out up to  a half dozen times over the winter.

[bradsul]

Canada, so yes.  Most courses around me are closed or closing as we speak.  My simulator membership gets me though the long winter.

[MrDC]

Yes, 50's for me, highs in the 40's and it's over, the wind chill just gets too much.

Around here that low average usual hits in December, and ends in late April, so it's a long, hard four months.



 

[RFKFREAK]

8 hours ago, dkolo said:

I'd be game. I've been amazed at the great deals on Golf Now if I play during football on Sunday.

 

And it's still not enough to entice me to play during the games!  Haha.

I was thinking a Saturday and maybe meet halfway.

[natureboy]

I may get in one or two with a rare warm day. I may play a bit this winter on the one course in the area that is open depending on conditions.

I will definitely hit the heated range stalls at Route Fore on days when the effective temperature is 32* F or above. See you there.

[inthehole]

I'll play all winter as long as no snow on courses - propane cart heaters rule !!

[Valleygolfer]

Only need 4 more rounds to get to 5. I will play as much as I can still. Short game and putting are making things tough. I hit some great shots Tuesday with no reward and impossible putting...I don't know how many 12 foot and under birdie putts I had that just were erratic and missed.

Edited November 12, 2015 by Valleygolfer

[robertford]

Yap! Sometime it happen in rare situation.

 

[bkuehn1952]

My last round in 2014 was on 12/28/2014.  Enough courses in SE Michigan stay open to allow one to play until snow covers the ground.  Some years we make it to Thanksgiving, some years New Year's Eve.

[Jeremie Boop]

I put 3-4, but that's only because I'm going to Vegas next week and plan on playing about that many times. After that I doubt I'll play anymore until the spring. While I did learn that one of the courses here stays open through the winter and allows play as long as the weather permits, I have no inclination to play while wearing winter clothes. I have a hard enough time playing in just a long sleeved shirt that anything more than that would just annoy the crap out of me. Other than temperature, the lack of daylight really limits my playing. Even with the weather now being warm enough I don't have nearly enough time to get to the course after work and complete even 9 holes of golf. I tend to be an afternoon golfer anyway, so even weekends would be a race to finish 18.

Edited November 12, 2015 by Jeremie Boop

[JonMA1]

There won't be any more rounds on the course, but I plan on hitting into the net throughout the winter. If we get less snow this year as predicted, I might even be able to hit in the yard, which seems important with what I need to work on this.

If I get desperate - and I will - I'll hit the simulator a few times this winter when my budget allows.