Winter golf: when you hit a frozen green

[nevets88]

Not a green in regulation. And then you have to putt on it. Bleh.

 

[Papa Steve 55]

Yup, you have to play low to the greens in winter, just like The Open.

[woodzie264]

Been there- bounces off like concrete....and also skipped the ball across a frozen pond onto the green for a GIR

[shanksalot]

Learned to play frozen greens about twenty years ago. You have to miss the green and hope it just gets on when it rolls up to it. It beats staying home and being a couch potato. Once you accept the fact that you have to come up short and just play that way it becomes more fun. 

[boogielicious]

12 hours ago, woodzie264 said:

Been there- bounces off like concrete....and also skipped the ball across a frozen pond onto the green for a GIR

Frozen greens are tough. I've played them a few times..

[paininthenuts]

13 hours ago, nevets88 said:

Not a green in regulation. And then you have to putt on it. Bleh.

 

LOL. Honestly, and hand on heart, I played an identical shot to that on a frozen green last Wednesday. 

[bkuehn1952]

When the turf is frozen, I play disc golf.  There are too many compromises that need to be made when things are solid ice. 

[CCC]

You are not allowed on any golf course when the greens are frozen - where I live.

[boogielicious]

8 hours ago, CCC said:

You are not allowed on any golf course when the greens are frozen - where I live.

If they are frozen in Durham, they are tundra in Mass! In actuality, only a few course will stay open up here once the ground freezes. Most of the courses close up this weekend. 

[phillyk]

Once we freeze, we can open, but somewhere in between frost and thawing is a big no no.  I've played a lot on frozen courses, it's kind of fun actually.  Plays similarly to summer when it gets super dry and hardpan.    A 270yd drive in wet cold turns to 350yd in frozen cold, haha!

On 12/2/2016 at 4:01 PM, woodzie264 said:

Been there- bounces off like concrete....and also skipped the ball across a frozen pond onto the green for a GIR

The ball bouncing off a frozen pond sounds funny.  It always startles me a bit.

A friend of mine told me a story of when he played with a buddy of his.  The ball stopped on the pond just a few feet from the edge.  He walked out and hit his ball, then immediately fell through to his knees! That would suck so much!

[Vinny Cap]

I have played a few times when it's that cold out.  A ball bouncing off a frozen green is similar to when it hits the cart path.  Funny!  You have to adjust and come up short like others have mentioned.

I have see one bounce off frozen water back into the fairway and even better, I skimmed one across a pond in the summer, three hops and back on the course.  Pretty funny shot and better that hitting 3 from the Tee!

[jkelley9]

On 12/2/2016 at 7:01 PM, woodzie264 said:

Been there- bounces off like concrete....and also skipped the ball across a frozen pond onto the green for a GIR

Lol this is too awesome. I would have bought a round for my group for this one haha!

I have never experienced "frozen" golf. In NC the courses just close those few weeks that things are frozen. Although, I think it would be kind of fun to play in those conditions at least once. So long as I go in with the mindset that "things are going to be vastly different, and your score is going to blow donkey chunks" but just have a good time of it :)

Edited December 5, 2016 by jkelley9

[BristolGolf]

Played a frozen course yesterday - it was funny, you cant stop a ball on a green and the bunkers were like ice skating rinks - I am still plugging away as I figure it can only be helping my game, if i can play on that I can play on anything, right? 

[bkuehn1952]

I shot this two years ago.

 

[CarlSpackler]

That looks interesting. 

[boogielicious]

14 hours ago, bkuehn1952 said:

I shot this two years ago.

 

I've played a few times with frozen greens. The hard part was figuring where to land the ball short of the green because that area was frozen too!

[bkuehn1952]

5 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

I've played a few times with frozen greens. The hard part was figuring where to land the ball short of the green because that area was frozen too!

Exactly right.  I generally won't play when the ground is frozen as it alters the game too much.

[boogielicious]

Just now, bkuehn1952 said:

Exactly right.  I generally won't play when the ground is frozen as it alters the game too much.

You must have played on days where the greens in the sun were fine, but in the shade were frozen. That is when it is most comical. You're playing fine then hit the first frozen green. Nice approach shot then, PING PONG! Off the back into the woods!