Winter Golf - a bonus

Well, after almost an entire season "off" (i.e. - no blog entries), I'm back.   And, surprisingly, in February!!

In NY, its a rarity to play golf in the winter months.  Sometimes a day in December pops up, but January and February are like finding a needle in a haystack (or, a good lie in the rough).

Today was that day.  Lloyd called me and said we should head out to Merrick Road Park to play 9.  So, we agreed to meet at 1pm.

As I walked up to the cashier, I see this sign:


Yikes - it seemed that everyone in the county came out.
So, we checked in and sat for the hour and a half.  We couldn't even putt, as the putting green was closed for the winter.

But, we teed off at 2:30pm - on the button.

We were playing with two nice guys - Wayne, and Warren.

Warren was 87 years old, and carrying his clubs!  Well, he only had 6 clubs in his "weekend" bag, but still!  Impressive.

Much more impressive than the golf.  It took 3 holes to shake off the cobwebs that build up after 3 months of not swinging a club.

And, there was snow on the course.  Not a lot, but - much like sand bunkers, well placed.

The round took 2 1/2 hours - kind of torturous - The group in front of us was slow.  Not hitting, but putting.  We'd wait 1- minutes on our approach shots because they took all day linking up putts - on greens that had not been maintained in months!!!

We finished at 5:00, just as the sun was setting over Merrick Mountain, and the temps started to dip.

Scores?  Although we kept scores, they really don't count as this was February golf in NY.  But, all in all - a great day.

My new driver - an M1 USA edition that I won on the GolfMatch app at the end of last season, needs a bit of tweaking - I adjusted the loft a a notch up (to 11.5 degrees) which seemed to help the ball flight.

I'll have to work on that once the weather turns nice permanently.


In the meantime,

Keep it in the Short Hairs