Qualifying Season?

[Crazyface]

Winter (short) course from end October to Mid-March. Lift, clean and place through the green....and boy it needs to be.

So you're not a member of St Annes then?

 

[One Planer]

No here. Last one for us is around October.

 

[drewster]

I used to think that, then one year we did and the phrase "be careful what you wish for" bit me on the ass.

Too many layers to swing freely, cold, often wet and windy, no run on the ball and occasionally frozen ground, horrific lies in the rough that has got soggy and churned up, and in our case at least, SSS of 2 less than par from the yellow tees.

I'm now happy that we don't have qualifiers year round, and can enjoy winter golf for what it is: a bit of fun until it's polo shirt weather again.

You're probably right but to substantiate my comments the season came at totally the wrong time for me and ended with me dangling on a clifftop. Also the course is playing really well and fair at the moment . I know there's maintenance to do and all that jazz but in my opinion it seems a shame to just say "that's it" on a certain day of the year and then wait until April when in reality conditions could be far worse than what they were last and this forthcoming weekend in December !!!!
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[Region3]

You're probably right but to substantiate my comments the season came at totally the wrong time for me and ended with me dangling on a clifftop. Also the course is playing really well and fair at the moment . I know there's maintenance to do and all that jazz but in my opinion it seems a shame to just say "that's it" on a certain day of the year and then wait until April when in reality conditions could be far worse than what they were last and this forthcoming weekend in December !!!!
Read more at http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/showthread.php?89023-Qualifying-Season/page3#ifJwZMwOOqHfV8yC.99

It may sway my opinion that off the yellows I have to shoot 75 (par 72) just to buffer. In Summer fine, but with all the winter malarky going on it seems like very hard work!

I know what you're saying though. Come April we're back to a 6,800yd course and there still might be no run.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

We run qualifiers all year, although we only seem to run stablefords in the winter and it's obviously weather permitting (temps for frosty greens etc). This year we're also trialling them off the yellows to try and get some of the older members to play as they've complained that off the whits in winter conditions it's too hard.