Damn Wet Weather

[Fish]

With all the rain over the last few days my course was closed yesterday and we've got 6 temps for today. Even when you get a few days dry weather the water tables are so high that just a days wet weather is creating problems so early on in what is supposed to be the start of our official season, but its still winter conditions!

Will we soon be considering that our season starts May 1st and runs through the year later as our weather "season" has definitely changed over the years?

I know clubs can be sometimes blinkered and too set in their ways and "change" can be a dirty word, but our weather and seasons have moved/changed so surely we should adjust with them to a later start and later finish.

 

[CMAC]

always end April in tropical Scotland- enough to bust yer sack!

 

[pokerjoke]

With all the rain over the last few days my course was closed yesterday and we've got 6 temps for today. Even when you get a few days dry weather the water tables are so high that just a days wet weather is creating problems so early on in what is supposed to be the start of our official season, but its still winter conditions!

Will we soon be considering that our season starts May 1st and runs through the year later as our weather "season" has definitely changed over the years?

I know clubs can be sometimes blinkered and too set in their ways and "change" can be a dirty word, but our weather and seasons have moved/changed so surely we should adjust with them to a later start and later finish.

The reality is that it all comes down to cost and balancing the books.

If drainage is going to cost thousands of pounds and sometimes hundreds of thousands
it may not be a good financial decision.

The trouble is in this country we can never tell wether the course will be closed for weeks
on end because of snow or floods.

I now have become a 7 or 8 month golfer which I absolutely hate.

Wasting many hours on here going stir crazy when really I want to be outside doing
something.

I have honestly thought of moving abroad in the past but have decided against it so
for the time being I will have to suck it up.

Joining a links course could be a better option which I know have done.

 

[davemc1]

What you should do, is join Kenilworth as that's just up the road and has great drainage.

oh ang on.....

 

[louise_a]

Our first 3 comps have been cancelled

its looking better for this week though

 

[Deleted member 15344]

We have been quite lucky with the rain - avoided most of the heavy stuff over the last month

When we played forest of Arden the guys said they had to be closed a number of times due to rain . Unless you are on a links then at times coirses will be shut - even Woburn has been shut a number of times over the last couple months

 

[Laka]

here its really cold northly winds around freezing point and a mixture of snow and rain, but weather will improve from tomorrow.

hope weather will be stable in soutwest uk, we are off to saunton next weekend, looking forward to that

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Heavy rain overnight but the course should be tip top as a result. Perfect growing conditions. Just what it needs