Blown away!!

[DelB]

Just back in from playing a round this morning.

My initial delight that the greenkeepers actually deemed the course to be fit enough to open for play was then somewhat tempered when I got up to the holes near the top of the course where the wind was so strong that the long pin on the 12th green was almost bent horizontal!! It was almost impossible to stand up and you could actually see your ball moving on the green before you addressed it. Lost count of the number of times my bag blew over during the last few holes.

Still, beats going to Tesco's with the wife!!

 

[brendy]

Bah! lucky you Del, Im sat at home with the flu since midweek and if Im lucky I might get a round tomorrow (weather permitting)It hasn't rained in 3 weeks here but it is due to rain later today and sods law says it will be lashing all day tomorrow (metcheck.com sadly agrees).

 

[DelB]

Yep, forecast for here tomorrow is to be as windy as today, with the addition of rain!

 

[Dodger]

Aye Del I played 18 at 8am today and it was frosty but not too windy but was blowing by the 4th but then when playing 17 it whipped up to crazy windy! Playing again tomorrow morn and I hope it aint as bad as it was when playing the last!

 

[DelB]

It's incredibly frustrating to see what you figure is a great approach shot suddenly change direction in mid-air and land well away from the intended target. I was compensating for the wind, but not enough it seems!

 

[Imurg]

Down here we're looking at + figures for the first time in I don't know how long. Might even get to go and play.

 

[USER1999]

Course closed, minus 3 in Watford.

Went to Princes today, course closed, minus 8.

Waiting for the big thaw.

 

[kingshankly]

out today crazy wind impossible to compensate for it when its that bad (for me anyway) i have a very high ball flight which is highlighted more so on a day like today 180 yard 8 irons and 160 yards with the driver have to work on keeping it low

 

[Tommo21]

Aye Del I played 18 at 8am today and it was frosty but not too windy but was blowing by the 4th but then when playing 17 it whipped up to crazy windy! Playing again tomorrow morn and I hope it aint as bad as it was when playing the last!

Yeh Dodger, played Royal Musselburgh first light and after a few holes it was blowing quite hard. By the last few it was strong enough to blow over the trolley….three times. Still managed to break 80 gross by one shot.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I remember playing Bude and North Cornwall on a day like that. I was staying at the Inn on the Green behind the par 3 4th and from my bedroom I could see the top of the flag nearly hitting the ground as the wind blwe it almost in half. Only plays about 150 yards from memory and I think I hit a little 5 wood into the wind to get it there.