Course closed

[Lump]

We are open, course handles water very well. But Christ it was cold with the wind and rain, was due to play Monday but knocked off. Bring on the warmer weather.

 

[KenL]

My course is open and greens in great condition.

It was windy, wet and absolutely freezing this morning though.

 

[Foxholer]

There are some believe that this weather is the consequence of global warming !!

One of the organisations that believe and predict that 'recent trend towards increased heavy precipitation events will continue' - at least in US - is NASA!

 

[Tommo21]

Ours is open and has been all winter other than when the white stuff hit. Two holes have a local rule due to risk of plugging in the first cut but we are s victim of s double edged sword:

On the plus side our subs haven’t moved in three years and we are are lucky to be able to play most of the winter on no temps:

The down sides are Tthat our subs don’t move due to us allowing pay and play at weekends, this means during wet months we get large amounts of social traffic while other courses are closed but come the end of March or mid April that traffic all buggers off back to their own course and ours can take another two months to recover. I’d be happy to pay an extra hundred or so quid and ban pay and play during the wetter months

Interesting, I would say the nomad subs should go up rather than you paying more. That aside, its been miserable here in east lothian but most courses open down the coast.

 

[Jamesbrown]

Both ours closed but did get an email, saying we are now off mats. Was supposed to be season start for us today. But for the 3rd Year in a row. Another late start.

 

[Oddsocks]

Interesting, I would say the nomad subs should go up rather than you paying more. That aside, its been miserable here in east lothian but most courses open down the coast.

It’s a catch 22. Round here most p&p courses are around £20-£25 a round on weekends. If they price it up then we will attract less meaning our subs have to go up to compensate. I’d rather ours go up and then ban all p&p at weekends unless they are guests, maybe not in the summer but definitely in the winter months

 

[Imurg]

We are, apparently, open with 10 temps...!!!
Not that I'm going anywhere near it until Friday anyway but...
Surprised..

 

[full_throttle]

Todays message on oue website....


Course closed today and will remain closed until Thursday at earliest due to flooding

 

[upsidedown]

Open on full greens, it's gonna be boggy

 

[rudebhoy]

Closed again today “due to extreme waterlogging”, must be a right mess. Feel like I’ve hardly played since Xmas.

 

[ManinBlack]

I know your course &, lovely as it is, I would never think about joining a club where the course was closed or on temps for such a lot of the time. Winter in this country can last for 7 months. If you want to play winter golf you need to find a course which drains. I would be prepared to travel some distance in return for a dry course.

 

[ManinBlack]

It rained all day yesterday & half the previous night. Just had this from the club on Facebook

"Sunday 1st AprilCourse open
Everything in play"

I love my course!

 

[Beezerk]

Yep, our place is open as well.

 

[Jensen]

. Can we have global warming barck please.

That's what I thought they meant by global warming, i.e. warmer weather better temperatures. However it actually means warmer temperatures at the polar region resulting in higher sea levels and more rain.

 

[Jensen]

Winter in this country can last for 7 months. If you want to play winter golf you need to find a course which drains. I would be prepared to travel some distance in return for a dry course.

Yes, I may need to reconsider where I play

 

[rudebhoy]

I know your course &, lovely as it is, I would never think about joining a club where the course was closed or on temps for such a lot of the time. Winter in this country can last for 7 months. If you want to play winter golf you need to find a course which drains. I would be prepared to travel some distance in return for a dry course.

To be fair, it's been a terrible winter, and whenever we have been closed, just about every other nearby course has been closed as well. When it's been open recently, it's not been too bad, but the problem is the water table is so high, one day's rain is all it takes to make it unplayable.

I did think about moving, but it would have to be north of the Tyne and this side of Newcastle, and there's not much in easy striking distance (20-30 mins drive) which is better imo. Did think about Whitley Bay, but its always so damn busy.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

[DQUOTE=trevor;1829179]Just come back in the car and the outside temp registered 5 degrees and floods everywhere. Can we have global warming back please.[/QUOTE]

The terminology has changed recently. They have stopped using global warming and now say climate change. It's hard to sell global warming as a problem when it is cold and snowing.

 

[3offTheTee]

Ours is open, preferred lies closely mown areas, no temps and wait for it:

Tested out sprinrinklers last week!

Sorry guys!

 

[nickjdavis]

Were open down here in Suffolk....i played Friday expecting it to be an utter quagmire after the week of rain we had but other than the 6th and 11th (lowest part of the course) it had held up pretty well. Lot of rain on Friday evening and large pools forming on the practise green but dryish for most of yesterday and today. Hopefully get out later today for 18 as sunset is not until half seven.

One god thing about the rain is that I'm expecting a bumper crop of Cherries on the trees around the course... last year was a poor crop after the dry winter and spring we had. So hopefully this winter will see a large stock of Cherry Brandy, Vodka, Stout and maybe, if supplies are plentiful I might get to lay down a few bottles of Cherry wine for next year.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Never mind the course; the driving range is closed at The Belfry due to "inclement weather"!