Winter golf handicap

[jim8flog]

Golf is meant to be fun

It isn't the fact that it's harder in winter, that's obvious. It's that the club didn't take into account the distance impact that winter brings. No problem playing qualifiers in winter. More of a problem that the course was set up as a slog. Set it up properly, all would be good. Unless of course you enjoy slogging around a wet course in winter with minimal fun involved.

I disagree, see my post #4

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Winter for me is always about just going out and playing for fun when I have a chance of 18 holes when the course isn’t frozen or wet or some holes closed or temps or when it’s freezing or raining , we don’t bother with Q comps , there are some matches for winter league but that’s about it really - it’s a time just to relax and play mainly swindles

 

[KenL]

Did we not have a recent thread just like this?

 

[2blue]

Golf is meant to be fun

It isn't the fact that it's harder in winter, that's obvious. It's that the club didn't take into account the distance impact that winter brings. No problem playing qualifiers in winter. More of a problem that the course was set up as a slog. Set it up properly, all would be good. Unless of course you enjoy slogging around a wet course in winter with minimal fun involved.

Oh yeah, I feel for you. Our winter course is 500yds shorter & 3 shots less on CH than Yellows & 1,000yds & a further 3 shots less from the whites. It seems to suit all members as we've had some good turnouts for our winter qualifiers.

 

[rulefan]

Oh yeah, I feel for you. Our winter course is 500yds shorter & 3 shots less on CH than Yellows & 1,000yds & a further 3 shots less from the whites. It seems to suit all members as we've had some good turnouts for our winter qualifiers.

At what time of the year was your winter course rated?

 

[2blue]

At what time of the year was your winter course rated?

We go to the Red tees in the winter, and all others are taken in, but of course, it is available all year round but not played from the all-weather tee mats in the Summer.

 

[D-S]

At what time of the year was your winter course rated?

Surely sometime between May and December as all courses are rated in and for ‘summer conditions’.

 

[rulefan]

Surely sometime between May and December as all courses are rated in and for ‘summer conditions’.

That's why I was asking. When I was rating we never worked beyond September.

 

[2blue]

That's why I was asking. When I was rating we never worked beyond September.

Sorry to confuse. Termed our 'Winter course' as it's played from the artificial tee mats that are within 10yds of the Red plates & as I mentioned elsewhere, is providing a fine challenge for all H/caps as Comp scores rarely get far into the 40's with many being won with just 37pts.

 

[D-S]

Sorry to confuse. Termed our 'Winter course' as it's played from the artificial tee mats that are within 10yds of the Red plates & as I mentioned elsewhere, is providing a fine challenge for all H/caps as Comp scores rarely get far into the 40's with many being won with just 37pts.

So most people are likely to have their handicaps increase in winter if scores are on average worse?

 

[2blue]

So most people are likely to have their handicaps increase in winter if scores are on average worse?

Yeah, I guess it would be reasonable to think so.
However, I've had a look at mine,
In the middle of summer on 1st July I was HI 15.1
My 20th score is 19th Aug when HI 13.8
Of my best eight, six are after we went to winter tees on 7th Oct. when HI 15.2
I'm now HI 14.5
With only 2 Summer scores to come off 15.4 & 16.3 I'll be expecting to remain fairly steady for the remainder of our courses Q period...... doubt we'll be able to retain Q conditions all winter.
So I'd say our course is doing very well for me as I've also been in the prizes 3 times recently , though I guess others may well be different.

 

[D-S]

Yeah, I guess it would be reasonable to think so.
However, I've had a look at mine,
In the middle of summer on 1st July I was HI 15.1
My 20th score is 19th Aug when HI 13.8
Of my best eight, six are after we went to winter tees on 7th Oct. when HI 15.2
I'm now HI 14.5
With only 2 Summer scores to come off 15.4 & 16.3 I'll be expecting to remain fairly steady for the remainder of our courses Q period...... doubt we'll be able to retain Q conditions all winter.
So I'd say our course is doing very well for me as I've also been in the prizes 3 times recently , though I guess others may well be different.

I think there’s always a big difference in qualifying scores on parkland courses comparing November/ December vs Jan/Feb/March when temperatures are considerably lower and course conditions have deteriorated - that seems to be the case in this part of the world anyway.

 

[2blue]

I think there’s always a big difference in qualifying scores on parkland courses comparing November/ December vs Jan/Feb/March when temperatures are considerably lower and course conditions have deteriorated - that seems to be the case in this part of the world anyway.

I can't see us playing Q golf in Jan, Feb & March. In fact going by recent years it may well be Late May, June before we get there. BUT... who knows.

 

[Swango1980]

Not really.

I shot a 77 a couple of weeks ago, my lowest round since September 2021 (and I play a lot of golf, every acceptable score goes in). I did have an 89 last weekend (and an 83 the following day). Although over the summer, I was in the 90's 6 times.

Last weekend, one of the chaps at our club, playing off +2, had 8 birdies, 3 bogies, for a 5 under round gross. So, looks like he is coping with the weather (although he did come 4th in the comp, as he only had 39 points).

Mind you, with the sudden decrease in temperatures and snow on Monday, our course has been closed since. When it re-opens, not sure if it'll be set up to permit handicap rounds anyway, so that might be us now until March/April