Todays round.

[Bobmysterkaymer]

Hi all.
This mornings round was started in bright sunshine with a starting temperature of -6! With 5 layers and a wind jacket (no wind just for warmth) me and my golf partner started.
Today was stableford comp over 16 hole winter course. I'm pleased to say I scored on every hole (3 x 1 points which let my score suffer and probably would have won if it was 3x2 points!) used only one ball throughout and mainly tee off with a 4iron followed by a wedge I finished with 33 points.
You had to aim to pitch 30-40yards before your target and let the ice bounce the ball down. Anyway, over 16 holes par 59 I shot 72-23=49.(shame we werent playing medal) happy days!
Really pleased with my swing and chipping around the temps!

 

[Andy]

-6 where the hell are you?

Andy

 

[Tiger]

Glad to hear you had a good day out. Must say I see myself as a hardened golfer but -6 and icy: you are more of a man than me. Here's hoping you keep it going in your next medal!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Played a texas scramble today and it was desperately cold. The air temperature was fine but the wind chill was massive (easily -3) and despite moving at a good pace (3 hours for 18 holes and we were held up on the last three) I was absolutely frozen with four layers (base layer, roll neck jumper, polo shirt, woollen club jumper) a hat and some golf mittens which only left my hands the instant I was ready to play (bugger the pre-shot routine today). We had temps for 16 holes (not sure why they put them out onto propers mid-morning it hadn't got any warmer) and we thought we'd won it with net 59.2 until the last group came in with net 59 dead. Bugger. All that for nothing

 

[Bobmysterkaymer]

Near Blackburn, in car temp said -6! By the end of the round the course was starting to defrost! A good day in all.

 

[richart]

Same conditions for us, although no temps, only the practice putting green was frozen, rest of the course was soft. You should try playing in those conditions when you have man flu as well Homer !! First round of the defence of our foursomes cup, so i had to play, and came back from 3 down after 7, to win 2 and 1 Felt so crap that for first time i didn't go in the club for a drink after a match

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I can vouch for what Homer said - RAGC was damn cold yesterday morning. The wind was bitter. I had an underarmour vest, a polo shirt a jumper, my waterproof jacket and mittens which like Homer's stayed on until the second I was ready to play and that was just enough to keep it out.

I played a roll up before the scramble that Homer was in and had 17 temps. The decision to move them was odd as they seemed to me to be no different when we finished than they were when we started and judging by the way my pinseeking 8i at the last bounced almost into the back bunker it was clear they were still solid.

Let's hope for some warmer weather next week, 3 weeks as an RAGC member and I still haven't played the full course.