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**fitz-uk** · 04-28-2006, 11:16 AM

As with Darren, in the UK if you want to play golf then you have to get used to playing in the rain.

I dont mind the rain too much, makes you think about the shots a little more.

Snow can be difficult!

Rain doesnt bother me, I will play in the rain, thats what waterproofs are for

Also, make sure your head cover is on the bag

geline · 04-28-2006, 03:31 PM

I believe that it really depends on the people, their preferences and perhaps the place, its culture...

I think that playing golf in the rain is good for practice because you are swinging against the rain/water and water is strong, so if you keep on beating it, your skills will be more likely enhanced and improved because if you can play well with the rain and all the distractions on, how much more if there is none?

Kent · 05-06-2006, 04:20 PM

I once shot a 64 in the drizzling rain on a course in Portland, Or. Won the club Championship that day.

Also shot a 97 on the same course in a near downpour.

The Scots have a saying, 'Nay rain, nay wind, tis nay golf'.

A tip I learned about playing in the rain if you must, is to forget about trying to keep clubs and hands dry. I have taken a handerchief, gotten it dripping wet, wrap it around my hand and the club, (no glove necessary) and the grip will hold just fine. Not really legal, but what the hey, it works.

Another key to weather is to remember the old adage, 'there is no such thing as bad weather if you dress properly'.

There are lots of way to play in the rain and it is a new experience. It can also be lots of fun if you give yourself some slack and just go with it.

The funniest putt I ever made was a 10 footer where the green had about 2 inches of standing water and I had to hit it as hard as I could upstream and when the ball went into the hole, a frog popped up out of the hole bringing my ball with it. Rules would properly say it did not count, but I was ROTGLMAO (Rolling on the green laughing my ass off) so hard, I thought it only fair considering the circumstance that it should count anyway.

Regards,

Kent

Thumperfive · 05-07-2006, 03:41 PM

that's TOO FUNNY... too bad you didn't have a camera with you, it'd have made a great shot or video!

CanCaddy · 05-08-2006, 01:24 AM

That poor frog probably got the fright of his life when the ball went into the hole. That's hilarious - I second the "too bad you didn't have a video of that".

Sort of the same topic - has anyone played golf in the snow? I haven't done that since I was in college, but we used to play with different balls than golf balls, so it wasn't really "golf", but golf balls kept getting stuck in the snow, while the plastic ones we used stayed on top. It was a lot of fun - no way you could take it seriously. Now I think I'm too used to golfing in a place where there hardly ever is any snow. Even if I was invited to a game if I were back in my hometown during the winter (which I try to avoid ... brrrr), I think I'm too old to go out in -40 degrees and freeze my butt off just to shoot some balls around

Thumperfive · 05-08-2006, 10:25 AM

depends on how much snow you're talking... a few inches or a foot!

my grandfather would play literally until he couldn't see in front of his face... fromthe snow, that is!

**fitz-uk** · 05-08-2006, 10:32 AM

last year I had the misfortune of getting caught in the snow a few times.

I hit a drive and it was a perfectly sunny day, by the time i got to the ball, there was an inch of snow on the ground!

Its pretty near impossible to play in the snow unless you have orange golf balls.