[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

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

Back in the 70s and 80s I played a lot of winter golf on Cape Cod. They usually get very little snow because of the salt air what snow they get disappears pretty quickly so many golf courses stay open year round. I definitely played a few rounds with the temperature in the thirties.

I read a great book about a journalist who moved to St Andrews with his family. There was (possibly still is) a character there who played golf 365 days a year regardless of weather. One day during a blizzard a friend asked him what hole he thought George was on that day.

And don't forget about the numerous polar bear clubs up north (in Boston they are the L-Street Brownies) that swim in the ocean year round.