Closed again!

[Basher]

The sun is shining, it's relatively cool but a bright sunshiney day.

The course however is closed owing to the horrendous downpour we endured last night. Next inspection on Monday!

Fed up is not the word!

 

[teetime72]

IT certainly put some down last night.
Hoping to play tomorrow ,Keeping my fingers crossed.

 

[theeaglehunter]

It was raining solidly all night and all day today but my course stayed open from what i am told (I didn't fancy it ), although one 18 was closed I think. How frequently does this happen basher?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

As I'm on a golfing sabbatical I'm wasn't too fussed about the poor conditions although it did cross my mind to go the the range and spend an hour just working on my short game. In the end decided to spend the day in the warm with a bacon sarnie and the golf on telly

 

[brendy]

Got 18 in, fairways were great, in fact ive not seen them cut and in as lush a condition in a while. The greens have been tined so are a bit sandy but otherwise quite playable.
Definately worth crawling out of bed and playing this morning, even with a sore back/shoulder general area pain.

 

[Basher]

How frequently does this happen basher?

It happened a few weeks back when we had the non stop rain. The course was closed for a few days.

 

[DCB]

After a very windy and wet Saturday we managed to play under a cold blue sky today in Edinburgh. Sun shone all day, temp probably just made 10-11°C at most. There was a slight frost on the car early this morning. Hopefully a sign of things to come this winter. A nice day like this is a superb day to play golf. Only down side was we lost the mixed foursomes final today. Still, there's always next year.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I'm off all week (woohoo!) but haven't got any enthusiasm to go out and play. Tomorrow am looks ok but will probably give it a miss. I've got a lesson on Thursday with my original coach (got me from 20-13) so I am hoping he will rekindle my passion and I can get out on Friday and over the weekend

 

[GB72]

That is one of the advantages of my course, the drainage is superb. We hardly ever need to use winter greens (never since I joined) and preferred lies are unheard of. So far this year have had an hour or so delay due to fog and a late start one morning whilst the greens de-frosted.

May have to change course next year as may have to move house and one of the big questions will be as to how often the course closes due to bad weather.

 

[vig]

Course has been pretty good this year. Last year it was closed for about 20 days in total. Loads of work went on through the winter with drainage and it appears to have worked.
Winter greens were only used after a frost.

 

[flandango]

Out on the steam last night so only planned 9 holes at 8 this morning, however got call from playing partner that he cant come.....at 8.05am!!! WHAT GOOD IS THAT TO ME!!!

Played anyway and had course all to myself hit about three balls every shot to check my consistency, distances, and able to experiment a little.

Overall a very productive round!

 

[USER1999]

Played Saturday, freezing cold and windy. Medal on Sunday, course closed. Wee'd down with rain all day anyway, so didn't really miss it. Watched the golf instead.

 

[CarpeDiem]

I was meant to be playing in a competition on sunday. However due to the light rain it was called off, for the second time in the year due to the dreadful sunmmer. The cancelation of the summer date I can understand, however because some of the older members dont want to get wet they cancel the competition for everyone else, even though the course was in fine condition. I think that if the vast majority of people who turned up to find out that the comp was cancelled should be allowed to play, after all everyone who had turned up wanted to play, bar one or two. Therefore the comp should have gone ahead, after all golf is an outdoor soprt and the weather is not all ways going to be on your side.

 

[USER1999]

If you cancel medals because it is raining, you would never get any played at all. This is daft.

Ours was cancelled when the greens flooded. Luckily I was not out til 1.30, so never actually set foot on the course, but the early guys would have got wet.

 

[Parmo]

Rained off Saturday well I say rained off it was forcast to rain which it didnt and so change to Sunday morning then slept in and couldnt be bothered rushing around so cancelled, so this will be 3 weeks with no golf and I feel like throwing myself out of the window at work.

 

[TWM]

"Got 18 in, fairways were great, in fact ive not seen them cut and in as lush a condition in a while. The greens have been tined so are a bit sandy but otherwise quite playable.
Definately worth crawling out of bed and playing this morning, even with a sore back/shoulder general area pain."

I quite agree Brendy. Unfortunately I had a fall on the pavement on Friday. Not good for an elderly gent like me. Injured hands and a nose that would scare the hardest characters on here. To say nothing of damaged specs.
So no golf this week.

 

[brendy]

Ouch TWM, sounds painfulhope you are better soon.