Useful winter accessories

[billyg]

Through sheer attrition i'm finding a quite a few useful bits and bobs that make playing in winter just that bit easier. Does anyone else have bits of kit they wouldn't be without?

mine are;

Dampened micro-fibre cloth- once the main crud is off the club(with the dry towel) these cloths are great for gently getting into the grooves to get rid of mud and cleaning off dried cleg.
Available from most car accessory shops,supermarkets and hardware stores.About £5

Buff-snood:
Fits straight round the neck with no dangling ends like a scarf. Polartec versions can be pulled up over your face between shots.
Available from most outdoor shops or directly from
www.buffwear.co.uk(I think)or google 'buffwear'
about £12-£20

Hand warmers- chemical disposable ones the size of a large tea bag or fuel rod versions which are a sort of small velour covered cig-packet size which open on a hinge.
Both available from outdoor shops.
Chemical version - about £3 for two(lasts 8 hours)
Fuel rod version- about £10 then £4 for 12 rods(gonna buy one today so don't know yet how long they last).

 

[geronimo]

I have a zippo petrol hand warmer and a necky sounds as if its the same as the buff snood you use.

 

[BunkerMentality123]

A flask!

 

[madandra]

I keep warm by using my centraly heated, double glazed clubhouse. It is also fuel injection (lager on tap) and wee Mary's rolls and sausage with tattie scone stop my pipes from freezing. And at £2.20 a pint and £0.75 per roll it is very economical to run all through winter.

One thing keeps me warm when playing ... Gore Tex.

 

[TonyN]

I have a buff, Although aint used it for golf. O how we laugh. ''We camped in the buff, climbed snowdon in the buff and now the lads want to play golf in the Buff'' haha.

I always play in my gortex. And always have a flask. Apart form that am not one for creature comforts. Am a man!!!

 

[billyg]

Forgot to mention. One of these is pretty useful too:-

http://www.blacks.co.uk/Mens-Clothing/Te...uct/011465.aspx

weighs nothing, no sweat and easy wash- the dogs dangly bits

 

[Parmo]

They are great I use one, not so great for keeping you warm more of taking the sweat away from the skin but still very good, the warm ones are prob best for this time of the year.

 

[medwayjon]

My most useful winter accessory is my hip-flask full of Woods 100 dark rum.

Works a treat.

Hic!

 

[toonarmy]

Callaway Mitts for between-shots warmth and my Canterbury ColdGear l/s body armour. It's the gear the rugby boys use and I can't rate it highly enough. Total warmth, zero resistance and about £20 from Wisden of Hastings.

All that and Pat's hot chocolate with cream + teacake for £1.99 when I finish!

 

[billyg]

They are great I use one, not so great for keeping you warm more of taking the sweat away from the skin but still very good, the warm ones are prob best for this time of the year.

agreed. I balked at £45 for one at the time though. I put a good old M&S thermal over the top of it. so many layers do nothing for my swing but one would be hard pushed to tell the difference- it's pretty cr@p or almost totally cr@p.

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[geronimo]

I also use a set of thermal gear, got to put it on and quickly put my trousers and top on cause if the wife or 6 year old daughter see me in it they start ripping the mince out me.

Daughter thinks the tight bottoms are tights and rolls about laughing saying daddy wears tights, It does nowt for the self confidence.

 

[viscount17]

Technical 'body armour' - not by Canterbury - Mountain warehouse 2 for £20. That, a polo shirt and a ProQuip jacket is all I've needed so far. I've got thermals (long johns) but haven't used them.
Gloves - AG £4
Flask - wobbly coffee (rum)
and don't forget your hat!

Oh and I still have an olive-drab 'headover' (snood) that was issued to me in 1986 - still in vgc - value or what?

 

[TonyN]

dont you find yourselves getting to hot though after you have played a few holes? No matter how cold it is, i only ever wear my gortex trousers, polo top and either a light water proof or jumper, (usualy comes off ath the 3rd). No hat, no gloves or head overs. To much messing about in my opinion. Each to there own and all that though.

 

[rgs]

I wear the Under Armour Cold long sleeved top under a polo shirt or long sleeve Polo depending on how cold it is-These under armour tops are superb-skin tight, lightweight and warm.

Naturally a hat to keep the head warm and a pair of gloves between shots.

 

[billyg]

dont you find yourselves getting to hot though after you have played a few holes? No matter how cold it is, i only ever wear my gortex trousers, polo top and either a light water proof or jumper, (usualy comes off ath the 3rd). No hat, no gloves or head overs. To much messing about in my opinion. Each to there own and all that though.

The thing about these technical skin layers is that they absorb or 'wick away' moisure so you don't get the claminess from being too hot. Some can be bought with additional thermal properties(see above) so then it's just a polo shirt over the top or a thermal long john and polo shirt to suit. Using this layering technique you can add and dispense with heat retaining as neccissary. Climbers and other outdoor nutters have been plying this path for years because it works.

Another side benefit of the skin layer is that it that they are a little bit slippy so you feel what I can only describe as being more 'free' in your swing. Odd to imagine and hard to believe but IMHO true nonetheless.

The England rugby shirts are invariably made from this sort of material now and I think they are provided by the market leader in sport tehnical layers - Canterbury (CCC) which carries a correspndingly premium price- £35 to £40.
However I don't expect to get head-charged to the ground on a golf course (unless its a extremely rough muni. in Peckham or something) so no durability issues.

Washes in a sink in minutes and air dries quickly it's a rare win-win situation. Just don't tumble dry the buggers as they're 100% polypropelyne based(or something) and would probably melt