Freezing ourselves on the golf course.
 

Our village girls group played Pelican yesterday and nearly froze to death.

Played Friday when the wind was blowing, just as cold but the sun was shining. A little more comfortable.

I was more comfortable on the day I was wearing long pants and of course layers. I had so many layers on I could hardly address the ball. I could hardly see the ball...

I got rid of all my knit hats when we moved here, pretty dumb of me.

We went to Panera afterward and all ordered hot chicken soup at ten thirty in the morning.

Sweetie found a pair of warm golf gloves for me.

Thank goodness for zip down sides on the golf cart.

Ah the pleasures and difficulties of golf addiction. ;)

Any suggestions for being warmer on the course accepted gladly.

Played Truman at 8:45....could have been worse...my son only beat me by one.

Played Tarpon Boil at 12:08 and it was still cold! It warmed up a little when the sun came out on the 8th hole. I played surprisingly well considering!

There is a real easy way to stay warm on the golf course this time of year. Play further South. Maybe Belize or Aruba. But here I am in VA where it is 10 degrees this morning.

Are those new courses? ;)

Ohio
 

Go back to "frozen Ohio" for a couple of days. When you come back to TV you will feel much warmer.
:MOJE_whot:

I wimped out yesterday. That's one of the beauties of this place, there's always tomorrow!

Actually, I used to play through the winter in New Jersey. The only time we didn't play was when snow was on the ground so we couldn't see our ball. I don't know if they sell them in Florida, but I bought a pair of "winter golf golfs" and they are great for keeping my hands warm. I also am fortunate that I walk the course, so I dress in layers, carry my bag and all is good! I know that they make those portable heaters for golf carts, but would not recommend them. You sit inside the enclosure and it feels warm, when you step outside to hit your ball, it feels colder than it is. Just my two cents.....

I read a book a few years back about a golf writer who moved to St Andrews. He bought a flat in one of those apartment buildings that line the left hand side of the 18th fairway. They play golf year round there and there was one resident who played every day for over 365 days.
He went down to a little coffee shop one morning. It was snowing and the temperature was in the teens. Some asked, "I wonder what hole, so and so is on". Not, "I wonder if he's playing in this". There was no question about that. He didn't play only if the snow got more then 6" deep.
And there are no golf carts there.

Heck, you really only have to go as far south as Key West.

Hi Gracie!! We bought a Colman GolfCat Propane Heater for the golf cart. It really warms up the cart when you have all the canvas down. On the cold days you can play your shot and jump back in your cart to warm up :)

We are playing golf in Ohio....
 

Gracie: We are playing golf in Ohio....I was chipping/putting in my bedroom last night while it was a balmy 5 degrees outside,there is a heat wave going on this morning, as it is 12 degrees right now. I can not wait to get back to TV in May!

BTW: I have one of those Coleman propane heaters and I use it when my mom visits, but not while playing golf. It warms up the cab of the cart very well

Stay warm!

On my golf course in Virginia

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Keep the blood flowing by walking. Extra body movement, strokes will keep all parts of the body moving but that just may come naturally in the cool air.

A small flask of your favorite beverage will all help keeping warm and will add strokes to your game thus extra body movement, exercise and warmth.
Now repeat this on every hole or make a game of it. One nip for a boggy, two nips for a par, three for a birdie and the whole flask if you get a hole in one.

VG

One year before we retired we came down in January with our clubs and Shirl never got hers out of the Van. It was cold all the way down to Key West. I always figured if it was over 45 it was golfing weather. That was my "younger" days. Cuddle duds, mock turtle neck, sweater, windbreaker and sock cap and Iam okay here in TV on just about any day. I do have a pair of winter golf gloves but don't know where they are. I don't suppose you have that problem!

Cape Cod New Year's Day Open
 

In my younger and perhaps a bit more adventurous days, I was a member of a golf club on Cape Cod and an instigator in our spontaneous January 1, 1981 New Year's Day Open. Temps were in the single digits with about a foot of snow remaining on the ground after the deeper snowfall had been subjected to an overnight drizzle...the snow/ice cover was now frozen solid enough that when one walked across the surface you mostly remained on the surface and only occasionally broke through the crust. Everyone used orange golf balls but tees were neither necessary nor useful. Our trusty "ice keeper" visited each green (that's merely a traditional name!) and had fashioned a hole about 8" in diameter before we started. Everyone was well dressed for the weather and most players were armed with those pocket hand-warmers that burn charcoal in a metal case. Everyone survived healthy and in good spirits... that was the whole point...it was a shared experience that wasn't so much about golf as it was about camaraderie. :MOJE_whot: It was a great outing and I’m sure those who participated would recount the fun! However, I am really looking forward to the days (hopefully in the next couple years) when I too will shiver at the thought of playing in The Villages when it’s below 50 degrees!

If you look hard, you can make fun anywhere. My husband and sons have taken a dip in Lake Superior every month of the year. Mind you - they pick the warmest day each month that they can........and they don't linger because I want grandchildren ! But its fun and something to talk about.

I'll shed a few frozen crocodile tears :cry:for you since 1) I'm still working 2) we just got back to positive (F) temps here and 3) you're playing golf! For those of us still too far north and too far from moving down there, this is almost a "well let them eat cake" type comment. Can't wait until I can do the same.:coolsmiley:

to be warmer on the golf course. Try walking the course not using a cart. the extra walking will make you warmer.

Played last Thursday in the windy rainy sleety cold. Pretended we were in Scotland. :)

I have a photo of my husband "up north" in the backyard a couple years ago in a blizzard, dressed in his ski clothes with goggles,gloves, and hat driving balls off a 3 by 3 piece of artificial grass he bought from home depot. I knew we were going to have to move south.

We played days in Minneapolis area where we found that ice had formed on the soles of our golf shoes. We played the first tee time this AM. If not anything else I am not a fair weather golfer. The onlt two things that keep me off the course are lighting and frost delays

Wow! I am really impressed by some of the stories and pictures in this thread. Back in the day , it had to be 32 degrees for me to play before the Masters(early April) and as I "matured" the bar became 45 degrees. When I am in the Villages 55 degrees feels cold. I am a lightweight in comparison to some of you!

Or smarter:1rotfl:

It was minus 2 yesterday. .....now that's cold

Poor Gracie, you must have fallen for one of TV salespersons' standard lines when a Northerner asks why there are no front hall coat closets in most models.
Answer is always: "This is Florida who needs one?:1rotfl:"

Most of us who have been around in Dec and Jan and sometimes Feb know everyone needs one. It gets cold!

I have one. I have mittens too.

Idea for staying warm on the course: laugh harder. ;)

Wind chill was down to 75 here yesterday. Almost had to put shoes on :-).

Cold golfing
 

Have you tried ear muffins?

You could check out motorcycle winter riding gear.....Battery heated gloves, socks, etc....

Just a thought.......

Hard to purchase here abouts, Sally!

freezing of the golf course
 

Ear muffs and ear bags are available thru Amazon or Ear Muffs from The Ear Muff Shop -- Ear Bags, 180s, Gloves, Neck Warmers, Earbags -- 4th Pair Free. They also carry gloves and mittens.

Ear muffs? Mittens? Heaters? You people have gone soft. The high today in TV is 71 with a LOW of 51. Here in the K.C. area we are looking forward to a HIGH of 52 on Monday!!!! I will be there late next week and will be getting tee times around 7:30 with no fear of the icy conditions. My advice to all of you is - stay indoors and crank up the heat - don't get tee times, leave them for the old coach. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

freezing ourselves on the golf course
 

Once you live here you will start to think that temps in the 40's and 50's are cold. The day referenced in the original post was extremely windy and cold. As a Massachusetts transplant, I once thought like you did - I would be wearing shorts all the time....we live on a golf course and laugh when we see people wearing shorts on colder days. It is easy for us to identify the visitors and snowflakes.

:gc:
We don't need space heaters Gracie is our ray of sunshine!

there are far too many nice days to play to choose from....and freezing while playing is not a priority nor desire or remotely fun for me.

Ditto for playing in the rain!

For those who like it or need to do it or not be seen as chickening out.....have a good time between shuddres!!

btk

We played Oakleigh on the coldest day imaginable Tues 22 at the crack of dawn. We rode all the way from Buttonwood and were pop-sickles upon arrival at the course. One gal's driver went airborne as her cold fingers lost their grip on the club, and the club went head over handle, right past my noggin. As you know, I have limited vision, and stood admiring the view, unaware of the missile, as it breezed by my ear. Fellow golfers were rooted to the spot, unable to say a word as my guardian angels earned yet another award :) I will add, I was waaaaay back from the tee.

If you are not "dressed", golfing in cold weather is not fun. Absolutely, the coldest I've ever been was in Myrtle Beach S.C. Playing golf. It was first week of March in the early 90's when the "elite eight" had 4 days of nice golfing weather and on our last day a cold front came in. None of us were really prepared. Wind, cold and on the back nine it begin to snow. I think it was the 15th hole when my foursome teed off and nobody saw where Anybody's ball went----we headed to the 19th hole as fast as the carts would take us.