Your favourite golf season?

[Tiger]

With the exception of

- the Sado-masochists that relish being battered by the elements,
- the flagellants that believe suffering the cold, wind and rain is retribution for their golfing crimes, and
- the super rich that jet off to sunnier climes the second the temperature dips below 20 degrees

Winter golf sucks for most of us. But having played yesterday I have to say that, with the crisp Autumn weather we are enjoying, our course is in fantastic condition. In fact it is in the best nick it has been all year. In fact if it wasn't for the leaves that hide your ball after an errant shot, it would be my favourite golf season. That said Summer the course is too dry, hard and bouncy and Spring often suffers as the staff attempt to rescue the course from the winter. Mmmm perhaps Autumn is my favourite golf season, what's yours?

 

[MizunoGreyhound]

With you on this buddy.
Winter - apart from good company and the excuse to take the hip flask for a day out, winter golf is just a bonus.

Spring - no doubting the flowers and bushes coming into bloom make for a beautiful spectacle, but hollow tined greens and the recovery from a cold wet winter makes it less than perfect.

Summer - As a golfer who enjoys the weather of summer but not our humidity, or bone hard greens that I cannot control anything more than an 8 iron into, summer golf is not my favourite.

Autumn - With the myriad of colours seen on the leaves of the trees, the receptive greens and the course returning to the lush green hue we love so much, for me golf does not get any better.

 

[Marko77]

Summer for me.

I believe next year it is on June 6th?

 

[chris661]

Autumn heading into winter. Cold sharp days and just a gentle breeze on a lovely sunny bright day on the links. Bliss.

 

[rosecott]

Definite vote for Autumn. We have moved our Club Championships from Summer to Autumn - the course is always at its best then.

 

[bozza]

Definitely autumn for me aswell, greens are nice and receptive, the fairways are nice and lush and even though we don't get much of a summer don't really like playing when it's so hot your already soaked in sweat after the first hole.

 

[Tiger]

Follow up question. Most people seem to prefer Spring/Autumn so why are all our major club competitions played in the summer (June - August)? And is it the same for anyone else?

 

[MashieNiblick]

Summer for me.

Course in perfect nick, greens fast and true, majors on the telly and best of all 16 hours of daylight to play in.

 

[Basher]

Summer for me.

Course in perfect nick, greens fast and true, majors on the telly and best of all 16 hours of daylight to play in.

All of the above.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I'm a Spring man. The hollow tining only affects the greens for a couple of weeks but the clocks change, there is new growth all around the course and the wildlife are looking after their new broods. The golfing season stretches before you and all that work invested over the Winter is ready to reap dividends

 

[sweatysock41]

Spring for me too, the anticipation of what lies ahead, the birds singing, the time I can spend on the course keeping out of the way. Oh the thought of winter is just depressing me - only one round a week at most.