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Where do you guys live? Weather wise it's hard to beat S Ca.
11/20/16......7:58 a.m.
I just can't take the cold. I almost took a gig with a golf company in Illinois and LOVED the food but the cold put me off. It was a great gig too. But, I was cold all the time and they said it was nice this time of the year.
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I live in Northeastern PA... about 70 miles north of Philly.
All we got was mixed precip last night, nothing serious. I think the bad stuff was further north, and although it was snowing pretty good about 30 minutes ago - it wasn't sticking and it's dwindled to almost nothing as of 2:35 this afternoon. It's still 37º outside and although 30+ degrees cooler compared to this time yesterday - it's much too warm (currently) for it to materialize into anything. Tonight, however... might be borderline.
We still have about an 8-hour window of wet weather to negotiate but we may avoid any trace of measurable snowfall here locally. With midweek forecasted temps to be upper-40's and low-50's, this shouldn't have much of an influence on our Black Friday Stableford up at the club. Fingers crossed!
I wish our weather here was remotely comparable to Southern Cal, but it is what it is. Some winters are unbearable, then we have winters like last winter when we had that blizzard that dealt us 38" of snow in a 24-hour period, but the remainder of the winter was basically uneventful with exception of maybe some random traces of snow here and there the rest of the way through.
A few of the meteorologist reports I've read are calling for a lot of snow ahead this winter in our region (north of 40 inches) but again - if we have to endure it - give me last winter where it all came at once!
When the wife retires (sometime within the next 10 years hopefully) we will continue to live here in the Northeast from April through December, but will be renting a place down south from Jan through March. Don't want to take on another mortgage, don't hate living here. Just don't enjoy the 90 days of shitty winter weather here.
33, sunny, with a little breeze.....good enough to play golf....tomorrow looks the same, but it will be in the 40's Tues and Wed, so I'll be playing all three days....actually enjoy being outside in that type of weather, it felt comfortable today. Get to play the hardest course I've ever played as they stay open! 147 slope from the tips, 138 from the tees I play....tis a beast of a course.
Man up Rex
Sounds like "The Shattuck" in Jaffrey, NH
It's a Nicklaus design with virtually no let up,,,really difficult into the greens, trouble looming on just about every hole....first 4 holes are fairly benign, but then the fun begins.....you need to be hitting at least decent or it will be a long day. I've grown to like it, especially this time of year. I do the 50/50 club which is 60$ if you buy before the first if the year after it goes on sale, gets u one free round anytime, and 50% off select tee times every day....which this time of year is 28.88, GPS cart included....there are guest days where I can bring guests for the same rate I'd get, a dozen or so of those....they really do a good job with this as it fills some tee times and there are over 2k 50/50 members.....that's well over 100k just in the membership dues. I get out there maybe 10 X's a year.
ode 33, sunny, with a little breeze.....good enough to play golf..
I would say the same if I were before my 50th birthday.
Noe these days , I'd rather read a good book ( yes, "BOOKS" ) with a cup of something hot ( preferred either black coffee or high mountain Oolong ). Maybe a snack in between the cups.
Those days of playing in near freezing or snow/hail weather are over for this golfer. I don't even enjoy playing in light rain anymore.
Release it's what is looming...motivates me to play as many times as I am able prior to the tundra freezing and the 4 mo layoff....as a result I hate winter, but mainly for that reason. Believe me when I'm retired, I won't be playing in this sort of weather....if I still must play, I'll head somewhere where the weather allows play during the winter mos.
Played Thursday, it was mid 60's Friday and snowed yesterday.
Olde Homestead, which is a mile from my house, had their fall 8-inch cup tournament today. They go out as 8-somes (two 4-man teams) to help prevent cheating. Played in it for a couple years until it finally dawned on me that spending 6+ hours watching 7 guys four and five-putt from 30 feet, in frigid temps no less, was no longer my idea of fun.
I drove by there today on my way to the grocery, as one of the greens is visible near the main highway... the snow was flying like crazy. None of it was sticking, but it was windy as hell and they looked absolutely miserable.
Why on earth anyone would host such a big event this time of year is beyond me, but they always do. And for whatever reason - it's most always a packed event with two 4-man teams on every hole.
I love golf, and I love playing in 8-inch cup tournaments. But not that much.