letthebigdogshunt "I don't care much about playing in the cold, but it gets us out of the house and gives us some exercise. We don't expect to shoot normal scores, just go out and hit the ball and enjoy being outside regardless of the weather."

When I lived in New Jersey for a few years from '07-'10 I was a member of a pretty large group of guys that played. Twice I went out w/some of them in 9* weather to play our course for the reasons you outlined. Have to do some crazy stuff to play in that kind of conditions. One guy brought an ice pick w/him so he could get a tee in the ground. I just bought one of those rubber tees like you see in driving range mats. Wearing ski gloves between shots and guys playing in balaclavas looking like they just robbed a bank or something. You can play a game with golf clubs and golf balls in those conditions but you aren't playing golf. We were all walkers too!

      Low land snow yesterday and possibly Thursday morning with accumulation, which we had not had for maybe 4 years now. Frost and freezing rain and hail were common in the low lands ( below 500' elevation ) We've always had snow in the mountain ranges, low land accumulation is a possibility. Looking at the high temperature of yesterday's 38° F vs. the same day of last year's temperature of 45° F. It'll be much colder this year.
      Into the high 20's this morning and tomorrow morning, lots of black ice and frozen ground.

      Time to do some long delayed chores on the list. Just replaced a piece of dry rot frame of a window a couple of days ago before the snow and the sleet. Maybe I'll pull the shafts from the DCT and the db 455 later on today when I'm back too cold to do anything outdoors.

      mcavoy

      Instead of an ice pick I took a golf ball, drilled a hole into it and epoxied a nail the width of a tee into the ball. Push or screw the nail into the ground and you have a perfect hole to place the tee. No golf today or tomorrow, we got snow overnight and today we have large fluffy snow flakes coming down. Tomorrow a high of 38 low of 25 overnight. We play a scramble since it is goofy golf. We also walk and youngest player will be 70 next year.

        The expected wintry mix heading toward Northeast PA has lost some of its steam, mainly because of the temps being too warm for anything significant to materialize. With highs forecasted in the mid-upper 40's tomorrow with clear skies and light winds, at least one more round of golf in 2016 looks somewhat promising.

        You folks are crazy for playing in those temperatures! :-)

          livegolf

          It helps that I'm not paying out of pocket because of my membership. Otherwise I would probably be a lot more finicky about the weather, especially considering I'm generally averaging 90-100 rounds per year and can pretty much play whenever during the season.

          But having lived in the Northeast for going on 17 years now, I've learned that you either tolerate being uncomfortable and take advantage of the ability to get out or you simply put the clubs away from mid-December through til about mid-April. A lot of guys do, but I need to get out of the house. I'm very familiar with seasonal depression, and staying snowed-in during bad winters sure doesn't help!

            Good for you guys! You got Brass to play in that weather I applaud you all. You're definitely OMG.GOLF material!

            First you were Bang material then Geek and.now OMG....lol

            Here on Hilton Head, SC it's in the 60's and cloudy. Only about 2/3 of our courses have reopened since the hurricane, so the open ones are really crowded.

              Didn't play today. Took the dogs out last night and the ground was covered with slush, although it had melted shortly after the sun came up this morning. Too muddy. Cart-path only. Plantar Fasciitis.

              Oh well.

              Fecking snow....really hadn't planned on the season being over. Crap.

              Only good thing was my streak of zero rounds over par this year remained intact.

              Bigborgel

              I played Eagles Point on my way back from the Florida, not on HHI of course but close enough to be affected by the hurricane. Very nice shape and the crew did a heck of a job to remove a bunch of trees!

                Did not play today either. It was 32 at 11am with wind 5-8 mph. Not high wind, but with the wind chill it was about 27 or lower. I used to play in that weather, but not any longer. No sun today so no play today. Friday it will be a high of 50* so we will be out playing in mid 40's weather. I hate sitting in the house all day. The wife and I shot pool in the house. We have real nice table in the family room. Often when we play pool we pour a glass of wine and have some chocolate with it.

                  Temp 25. Windchill 5. (21mph wind)

                  Snow for this weekend.

                  Temps in the mid/lower teens next week.

                  FML!

                    letthebigdogshunt

                    I live in a townhouse, which is perfect for me and the wife and two dogs. That's the only reason I don't already own a billiard table... not enough room.

                    I played a lot back in my military days, when I lived in the barracks. Bought a custom stick for $200 (back in '88) which back then was a lot of money, at least for a guy who only cleared 800 bucks a month. I got pretty good, at least good enough to win more money than I lost anyway. I've not played in years, but could easily get back into it if I had a room big enough to put a table. I've always found it to be a very enjoyable game.

                      I never was very good. When I was in high school I would go to the back of the pool hall because all the good sticks took the first half dozen tables. A lot of guys came back to play me because we played for time not for money. Loser pays for the table. The only time I played well was when our fast pitch softball league had a banquet. They had a pool table there and all these guys were pretty good. Winner keeps playing. Finally got my turn, the game was 8 ball. I broke and ran the table. Put the stick down and called it a night. Quit while I was ahead.

                      No golf for quite a while... 10 degrees and expecting around 5" of snow tomorrow. The past 3-4 days saw wind from 30-45 mph in our area. Next week's forecast is calling for high temps in the single digits and lows overnight in the minus single digits. It will normally get colder yet through about the end of January. I can remember a week in the late 1960's when it reached minus 30 or lower every night. We don't see that anymore though (global warming??). Luckily we have seldom seen minus 20's in the past 5 years.

                      azgreg

                      Oh crap it's going to be 63* a week from Sunday. I hope you're getting your insulated underwear ready. 😉

                          Light dusting of snow on the ground in the northern parts of the Lehigh Valley this afternoon. Cold, windy, real-feels of 25º for the afternoons this weekend.

                          I guess I'll be watching the Army vs Navy game tomorrow.

                          Go Army!