Quote from a BBC weather man back in the days when they stuck weather symbols onto a magnetic board, and the letter F in FOG kept falling off. With much of Southern and Central England blanketed in fog over the weekend, how was your golf affected?
"Sorry about the F in fog."
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Smiffy
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chrisd
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Played Sunday, first out and mist/fog barely a problem. Just one par 3 - 198 yards where we couldn't see the green and ( surprisingly) all 4 of hit it, that would be rare on any day!
I was trying to fly our motor glider on Sunday. After a foggy start we had bright sunshine by 11.00 and it got quite warm, One of my friends remarked that it was just like July. I got the motor glider out of the hangar, warmed up the engine and taxied to the end of the runway, At this point the fog rolled back in and you could barely see 50 metres. Glad I hadn't taken off a couple of minutes earlier! Certainly you couldn't realistically play golf in those conditions. BTW, our golf club won't let you play unless the visibility is good enough to see a certain bunker on the 2nd hole from the clubhouse, which I understand wasn't the case for much of yesterday. Something to do with Health n' Safety! 
No problem Saturday or Sunday but couldn't have played yesterday, and today looks the same. It is what it is, i.e. typical British autumnal weather
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http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/showthread.php?80795-Winter-No-thanks-you-can-keep-it
Seems most were effected by fog
Seems most were effected by fog
Oddsocks
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Didn't play! 
no fog up here and its nice again this morning, not a cloud in the sky. Played both days in shorts and tee shirts under warm sun.
TBH we don't get that much fog here maybe once a year.
TBH we don't get that much fog here maybe once a year.
At my previous pay and play club, we would play golf in the fog, because we had paid our green fees and that was that. We just had to shout back to the following group when we were out of range, or clear of the green! 
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At my previous pay and play club, we would play golf in the fog, because we had paid our green fees and that was that. We just had to shout back to the following group when we were out of range, or clear of the green!
Which is clearly dangerous and could result in someone being seriously injured - that's why golf courses have points that must be seen before people are allowed to play - it's both common sense and protecting people's safety ( both green staff and players )
Whoosh! We never played until we knew it was clear ahead, which was the purpose of shouting back.
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But you couldn't see it was clear ahead - if you can't see that far ahead how can you see where your ball is going to land or see the flight of the ball - shouting all over the golf course is a clear sign that you shouldn't be out there playing
And that's exactly what happened yesterday and why the golf was stopped.
CheltenhamHacker
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you really don't seem to have this same reaction to when BiM posted the same thing on another thread. For me, if you're out playing golf in the fog, you accept the risks associated with relying on people shouting back. I wouldn't personally play, but if you're so desparate to play, go ahead!
dewsweeper
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Don't worry! LP always disagrees with me on principle!
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Anyone that goes out playing golf when they are unable to see the ball flight and ball land because of weather conditions are clearly being reCkless - BIM in his post even could say that they really shouldn't have been out there playing as did a number of other people - because it's dangerous. You is appears are attempting to justify playing in those conditions because of people shouting - there is a clear difference Delc.
I witnessed the same attitude with some people yesterday when we got the golf stopped for over 30 mins due to dangerous conditions
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Was fairly thick fog here, decided not to play, as wouldn't be able to see enough.
My son played in a juniors competition and said that they could not see the flight on drives and a couple of times balls came pass them from the group behind!!
My son played in a juniors competition and said that they could not see the flight on drives and a couple of times balls came pass them from the group behind!!
Not too much fog around but stuck in the hospital. Rain came in this afternoon so glad I didn't play. Seems we've seen the end of it around here for a while
just leaving the airport tonight and there was fog forming on the marsh at the end of the runway. Must be a bit around as there were a couple of flight diversions though to Inverness.
Robobum
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We used to play on at Trevose when I was a member there. Many a time you'd tee off the 1st without being able to see the road 30yds in front of the tee.
I don't think we have to stop at my club now either, but haven't been in that situation to know for sure.
I don't think we have to stop at my club now either, but haven't been in that situation to know for sure.
