View Poll Results: AT WHAT TEMPERATURE DO YOU PUT YOUR TWIGS AWAY?
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Below 20 C I am off the course as I am a WUSSY
1 1.41% -
Below 15 C I am no longer playing golf.
2 2.82% -
Below 10 C I am watching football on TV.
13 18.31% -
Below 5 C I am inside working on my putting stroke
17 23.94% -
0-5 C, I am still playing if there is a course open.
25 35.21% -
Below 0 C. OK Time to pack it in for the season!
20 28.17%
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10-13-2008 08:17 AM #1
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When Is It Too Cold For You To Play Golf?
Ok this subject was brought up this past weekend by a member of this forum. He said if the temperatures go below 20 C then it is too cold for him to play golf. I say he is a wussy if that is the case.
Now the question is this. What is the lowest temperature that you will play golf in?
Personally I have played when it was right around 0 C or slightly above. If the course was open we played. I have played 9 holes on New Years Day.
So what is your limits?
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10-13-2008 08:20 AM #2
I'll play as long as the wind chill is above Zero. I don't mind the cold, but cold AND windy is where I draw the line
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10-13-2008 09:35 AM #3
Once it goes below 5 degrees i am done! i'm just to sensitive!
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10-13-2008 09:37 AM #4
As long as the course is open, I'll play.
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10-13-2008 09:53 AM #5
Below 5 the ground gets hard and its just not as enjoyable.
Lots of yoga pants these days, not enough Yoga!
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10-13-2008 10:06 AM #6
Lowest I'll play would be 5 C if sunny, 10 C if cloudy, but if it's 20k wind, add a few degrees.
I need to feel my hands and a parka inhibits the swing. Hard ground is also a factor as already mentioned.Last edited by Kilroy; 10-13-2008 at 10:25 AM.
Life dinnae come wit gimmies so yuv got nae chance o' gitt'n any from me.
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10-13-2008 11:05 AM #7
Frost Bite
I'm with you Hacker. I've played at +3C with light snow. Mind you that was with three other nuts and I was younger. 0-5 in the sun is great, subject to the course conditions. Played le Sorcier with Big Mac a few years ago. Greens frozen solid and one of us skipped a ball across the frozen pond on 17 (?). Makes for some good shots, and of course good memories.
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10-13-2008 11:28 AM #8
winter
as long as the course is open and i have my cart cover and heater ;-)
outside 32-40 inside 75 ;-)
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10-13-2008 11:49 AM #9
Sorry guys--maybe I am a wuss but below 15 I'm out. At my age screwing up my arm again and losing 3 monthes playing is not worth it. I don't know--it might be an age thing but watching the pros in the confines of 70 degrees and a glass of scotch seems a lot more relaxing to me. But on the other side I do miss the company
Does the 2nd hole-n-one come easier ?
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10-13-2008 11:54 AM #10
Will play in just about anything, as long as there is a course still open. Not as enjoyable when cold and bundled up but hey, a day on the course is better than sitting inside. Any day golfing is great!! Our winters are way to long to not play when able to.
Never dreamt I would ever get so hooked on this game!!
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10-13-2008 03:00 PM #11
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30f
I have played on regular occasions with the Skins group when it is 30* F as long as there is no snow down....
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10-13-2008 03:54 PM #12
I think that 10 would be my limit. It depends of the chill factor. Being cold, wet and stiff is no fun. 10 and sunny would still be nice though.
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10-13-2008 04:43 PM #13
This cold for us
Last edited by NoBack; 08-05-2010 at 09:04 PM.
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10-13-2008 04:49 PM #14
There's playing in the cold and enjoying your day, and then there's the well earned bragging rights days, as depicted above.
Last edited by Kilroy; 10-13-2008 at 05:36 PM.
Life dinnae come wit gimmies so yuv got nae chance o' gitt'n any from me.
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10-13-2008 06:08 PM #15
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10-13-2008 06:22 PM #16
below 20 and im out. my golf season is really short. i dont enjoy my rounds below that temp. i maybe a wussy but i refuse to pay for something i wont enjoy. call me a wussy if you like but i can bench press you 20 times
willy
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10-13-2008 07:11 PM #17
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10-13-2008 07:19 PM #18
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10-13-2008 07:38 PM #19
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It was about 4c when I teed off this morning. It wasn't bad when there was no wind but when the wind was on you, hands went numb quick.
Strangely enough, the greens at all 3 courses I normally play are just as good now as they were back in July.
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10-13-2008 07:54 PM #20
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10-13-2008 08:25 PM #21
I feel your pain.
I think that we're the same vintage so I have some experience to share. Advil, an hour before the round. And now that it is colder, and I am older, I found that a hot bath for about 15 minutes before heading out tends to loosen up those muscles aching from other fun pursuits such as raking, curling and vacuumng. Can't say that my scores would be any better but at least I can enjoy the sun, fresh air and company a little longer. If I could not stretch the season out for 8 months don't know what I'd do.
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10-13-2008 10:00 PM #22
hacker... i think i could bench you if i had two spotters... john and holio
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10-14-2008 08:39 AM #23
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10-14-2008 08:49 AM #24
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10-14-2008 09:02 AM #25
does it look cold to you?
this was january 7th 2007Last edited by NoBack; 08-05-2010 at 09:04 PM.
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10-14-2008 09:15 AM #26
I think I was at both courses the day you took those pictures Steve!
1st ones were at Greensmere? Is that me putting?
2nd one was Vieux Moulins, & we were I think one or 2 groups behind you.
Needless to say, I will play as long as a course is open.
I loved that mild winter we had 2 years ago when the only month you couldn't play in the region was february. Here's hoping for another fall/winter like that!Andrew
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10-14-2008 09:32 AM #27
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I'll play as long as a course is open. Played Christmas Eve at Cedar Glen and LVM in January during the mild winter a couple of years ago. The only weather I won't play in is cold and raining.
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10-14-2008 10:09 AM #28I've spent most of my life golfing .... the rest I've just wasted"
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10-14-2008 10:49 AM #29
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10-14-2008 11:51 AM #30
Cold AND rainy is where I draw the line. Drove out to Casselview two years ago when it was about +2 or +3 and it started to rain. I opted to not play. My fellow Slammers are still needling me about that. I'll play when it's rainy but not cold. I'll play when it's cold but not rainy. Both makes for a bad combination.
Surely someone appreciates that?
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