Category: Cold Climate Golf
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“The Dog Days of January…Gone”
2/2/23 For any golfer who lives in a traditional winter climate, “golf life” can come crashing to a halt when the temperatures drop to freezing or below and snow lies on the ground. “Dog days” is a term more commonly used as a reference to the sultry heat of summer, most specifically in August, if…
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Can You Play Too Much Golf?
7/31/23 “To golf or not to golf, what a silly question.” This paraphrase of William Shakespeare’s quote from Hamlet seems self-evident to the avid golfer. Avid golfers tend to be obsessed with the game. We play the game because we love it, and we cherish every opportunity to play. Shakespeare’s actual quote is a reference…
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To Be or Not to Be a “Golfer”
4/27/23 One of the biggest challenges to being a “golfer” is the time commitment it requires. If golf is your profession, then you have some leeway in how much time you can commit to it. Work is work. Most of us are ready, willing, able to make sacrifices for our jobs. Earning a viable living…
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On Winter Golf
12/12/22 If you’re like me and live in a part of the country where winter is really winter (cold and snow), then winter can be a difficult time for a person who loves golf! I’m talking about reasonable winter. For those who live in New England, the Great Lakes region, etc., you have unreasonable winter…
Perspectives from an Average Black Golfer 