loving winter golf

[garch]

I played on Sunday morning in Herts, -2 degrees and greens completely frozen. Loved it. Although when my decent pitch on from 80 yards bounced 10 foot straight up in the air and out of the back of the green I decided I wouldn't bother scoring..

 

[bobmac]

Welcome to the Forum Garch

 

[rickg]

Welcome garch. Where do you play your golf?

 

[Smiffy]

We have a course close to us (Lewes) that soaks up whatever the elements can throw at it. Have never known a temporary green to be in use, and only a few mats, which I think are limited to the par 3's.
On a nice calm day during the winter it is great to play around there. The only thing you have to watch out for is the wind as it is perched right up on top of the South Downs. The turf is fantastic and even after torrential rain you can hit the ball as sweet as a nut off of it, no fatted bloody 7 irons, no bladed shots threatening the clubhouse windows.
I love a game down there if it's not too cold and have had some great knocks with mates of mine.
But frozen greens and rock hard tees that you can't even push a peg down into? Forget it. No fun at all. Or boggy fairways where you are digging for victory???
I'll be watching telly.

 

[CrapHacker]

We have a course close to us (Lewes) that soaks up whatever the elements can throw at it. Have never known a temporary green to be in use, and only a few mats, which I think are limited to the par 3's.
On a nice calm day during the winter it is great to play around there. The only thing you have to watch out for is the wind as it is perched right up on top of the South Downs. The turf is fantastic and even after torrential rain you can hit the ball as sweet as a nut off of it, no fatted bloody 7 irons, no bladed shots threatening the clubhouse windows.
I love a game down there if it's not too cold and have had some great knocks with mates of mine.
But frozen greens and rock hard tees that you can't even push a peg down into? Forget it. No fun at all. Or boggy fairways where you are digging for victory???
I'll be watching telly.

What's Lewes like in comparison with Pyecombe ?

I managed an impromptu round there with James on the day the snow first fell, and 16 holes were on the proper greens.

Well I say 'on' if two to three paces counts as 'on'. I missed most greens about 2 yards short and just putted onto the short stuff.

Apart from loss of feeling in the extemeties for the last 3 holes, it was great fun.

 

[AuburnWarrior]

We have a course close to us (Lewes) that soaks up whatever the elements can throw at it. Have never known a temporary green to be in use, and only a few mats, which I think are limited to the par 3's.
On a nice calm day during the winter it is great to play around there. The only thing you have to watch out for is the wind as it is perched right up on top of the South Downs. The turf is fantastic and even after torrential rain you can hit the ball as sweet as a nut off of it, no fatted bloody 7 irons, no bladed shots threatening the clubhouse windows.
I love a game down there if it's not too cold and have had some great knocks with mates of mine.
But frozen greens and rock hard tees that you can't even push a peg down into? Forget it. No fun at all. Or boggy fairways where you are digging for victory???
I'll be watching telly.

I played nine holes on Sunday and it wasn't much fun. Five layers on so only half a swing acheivable, hats on, gloves on, unable to get a tee peg into the ground and, the icing on the cake, hitting a seven iron 150 yards only to see it pitch in the middle of the green, bounce a mile high and end up on the fairway behind the green!!! No point chipping and putting. The course should have been closed really. The frozen lake outside the clubhouse should have alerted me to what was in store.....