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How do you get your golf fix mid-winter?

Hop on a plane and visit some of the THPers that live in warmer areas. I visited Rhino in LA last year and will probably go SE this year.
 
Good excuse for an early winter, congrats!

I play a lot of Masters edition TW, plus putt a lot in my living room and pitch practice balls into a yoga matt with tape targets on it. Plus whenever I'm in the city (live in a rural area 30 minutes outside Ottawa), I go to GolfTown and hit clubs and have fun.
 
Still trying to convince my wife to let me go to Florida over xmas holiday to see Bills in Miami. If we come into money for a hotel (flights are cheap), I'll be hopefully asking for a 4some of THPers to include me somewhere :)
 
I tried to convince my parents to let me stay here for Christmas break, lol. Being able to play all the way up until it and when I get back is going to make that a long 3 weeks.
 
I live in the south so I golf all year long :)
 
Around the area where I live I can usually play year round.
I've been caught on the course a few times with some light snow fall.
Last year for the holidays I bought a putting green for the basement and I'll slip downstairs and get a putting session under my belt almost everyday.
 
Last year, I went to an indoor range at the Turning Stone Casino 2 days a week. It helped a lot by keeping my shoulder and elbow loose over the winter. This year it is gonna be Florida from Oct 29 to April 30........:banana:
 
fastbasser said:
Last year, I went to an indoor range at the Turning Stone Casino 2 days a week. It helped a lot by keeping my shoulder and elbow loose over the winter. This year it is gonna be Florida from Oct 29 to April 30........:banana:
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Well, that's a pretty good deal! We've been forecasted to have another dryer than normal and warmer than normal winter. Hoping that they are right.
 
War Eagle said:
Im not really sure what I would do if I couldnt play golf during the middle of winter. I am a huge fan of my Christmas-Eve golf with the Family. We have been doing it for years now and it has become quite the tradition for us.
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I have the same type of tradition with my golf buddies ( 2 of whom happen to be my best friends in the world ). We play a shotgun format every Thanksgiving morning. Great time, we are done by 12 :30 latest, and back in plenty of time for turkey, family and football!
 
I am going to put an indoor practice studio in my garage this winter. Pretty pumped about it and I am really hoping that it allows me to practice and improve my game going in to next season. I have a lot of ideas but now need to come up with a design and get started getting all I need to make it happen.
 
sharkwrestler said:
Around the area where I live I can usually play year round.
I've been caught on the course a few times with some light snow fall.
Last year for the holidays I bought a putting green for the basement and I'll slip downstairs and get a putting session under my belt almost everyday.
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let me know Shark! Pretty much, if it isn't snow covered, we are playing! We played a round a few years ago at Pilgrims Oak where at tee time it was 17', and on hole #12 it started snowing - by the 18th there was already nearly 2" of snow on the ground!
 
There are some perks in living in central and southern Texas!
 
If it's above 40 and the wind isn't bad, I go out and play. Don't really focus much on scoring. Mainly just ball striking.

Also go to the range (there is one by me that puts up temp walls and has overhead heaters.

This year I plan on getting lessons over the winter
 
Winter Golf/Practice

Winter Golf/Practice

Hey guys,

Searched and couldn't find a thread. I was wondering what some of you guys that have to deal with the awful white stuff that falls from the sky like me do over the winter for playing/practicing? There is a dome about 30 mins east of where I live that I go to once in awhile but I think I found a gem even closer to me. About 15 mins west of me I found a place called "Plum Creek Driving Range." It is a great place to practice, really awesome driving range and great quality balls too. He also has a simulator he purchased. My father and I played our first 9 hole round of our 8 week league on the simulator. The rates to rent it aren't back at all considering it doesn't go by per man, it goes by time. $15 for 30 mins and $30 for 60 mins. So my dad and I can share the range for $15 a piece or play as many holes as we can get in. That'll be where I spend most of my time this winter practicing and playing. How about the rest of THP?!

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Chipping balls of my unfinished basement floor into a net. No simulators within 200 miles and no indoor facilities. Winter is tough around here. We take one winter golf trip, but it's tough because you haven't swung in 3-4 months.
 
HoselRocket104 said:
Chipping balls of my unfinished basement floor into a net. No simulators within 200 miles and no indoor facilities. Winter is tough around here. We take one winter golf trip, but it's tough because you haven't swung in 3-4 months.
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That's rough. I'd go crazy without being able to fully swing.
 
Six4three5 said:
That's rough. I'd go crazy without being able to fully swing.
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It's already snowed here a couple of times. Hopefully we can get a couple of more rounds in. I haven't even broke in the new irons properly. You still playing?
 
HoselRocket104 said:
It's already snowed here a couple of times. Hopefully we can get a couple of more rounds in. I haven't even broke in the new irons properly. You still playing?
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Oh yeah. Played 18 today and practiced. It still gets up in the 55-65 degree range so it's a tad chilly and ball doesn't fly as well but still good to play.
 
Six4three5 said:
The rates to rent it aren't back at all considering it doesn't go by per man, it goes by time. $15 for 30 mins and $30 for 60 mins. So my dad and I can share the range for $15 a piece or play as many holes as we can get in. That'll be where I spend most of my time this winter practicing and playing. How about the rest of THP?!
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That seems kind of steep man, $15 for 1 hour? I'm usually at the range for 2-3 hours just hitting a large bucket of 100 balls. Hard to work on fundamentals with a time limit, I'd feel like I was hitting balls just to hit them.

But it's hard to come by something good in the winter, so I'm sure people pay it. I would too.
 
I'dHitThat said:
That seems kind of steep man, $15 for 1 hour? I'm usually at the range for 2-3 hours just hitting a large bucket of 100 balls. Hard to work on fundamentals with a time limit, I'd feel like I was hitting balls just to hit them.

But it's hard to come by something good in the winter, so I'm sure people pay it. I would too.
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For around me that's real cheap. The range is cheap it's 6 bucks for a large bucket which is like 95-100 swings. But the other simulators are pretty much double those prices.
 
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