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Originally Posted by John_W

Back in Maryland we usually stopped golfing in late October or early November, most times it snowed on Thanksgiving. I remember my last year, I moved here in June 2011 and that year, the day after New Year's January 2, 2011 I played golf. When I got to the course it was biggest crowd I had ever seen, bigger than in the summer. The parking lot was packed and the golf pro was running around like a chicken. It was suppose to 50 today in the Baltimore area.

When I got to the pro shop the pro was collecting money, then ten minutes later I was my car putting my shoes on and the pro drove up in a cart and said, this is your cart, your group is on the tee, I couldn't believe I was going off so quick. He was doing everything himself at golf course that day. I guess normally they have only a few golfers and he runs the whole show, this day there was a big wait, so being a single really paid off. My usual golfing partner didn't want to play.

I looked back at the weather that day when I teed off and we thought it was balmy.

Sunday, January 2, 2011, 12:00 pm — 6:00 pm Baltimore, MD

46 / 46 °F
More clouds than sun.
Humidity:53%
Barometer:29.96 "Hg
NW Wind:8.078 mph

I am stuck up north in Westerm, MA until after the holidays. I played golf last Thursday to get in a December round and extend my very long streak of at least one round per month spanning several years, which is a difficult feat when not full time in Florida. It was the best day in the long term forecast, 28 degrees out when I got up and it got to the high 40’s in the afternoon for a short time before the sun started to disappear. This time of the year it gets too dark to golf by about 4:20 and frost delays usually last until at least 9:30. That leaves only about two hours and fifteen minutes of t times one can get in a round before dark. I called every course in a 40 mile radius of our home before getting a time, and only got that because someone called in and cancelled. We had to golf with hand and toe warmers to get us through the round. This AM when I got up it was 21 degrees and the ground is now covered with snow, so no more golf until New Years in The Villages. Can’t wait to get the Holidays in the rear view mirror and start the long drive south. I will be the idiot driving around in my golf cart with shorts and a T shirt in January : )