Mors Ab Alto
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- Aug 28, 2006
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Alright, I now understand the pain suffered by those of you in the northern regions of the globe, but not really. The weather here in Texas has been dismal for the last 3 weeks, and I finally thought today would be nice enough to play 18. When I left the house it was 46* and the wind was between 15-20 MPH. But, by the 2nd hole, the temp had dropped noticeably, and the wind had begun to whip about quite a bit. By the 3rd hole, the sky had become covered in cluds, my hands were stinging and the wind was making our ears and face numb. When we finally made it back into the clubhouse, the temp was 33* and the winds were between 25-30 MPH, with 40 MPH gusts. Needless to say, my buddy and I bowed out at the turn and retreated to our climate controlled cars for the sad ride home.
I had gone 3 weeks without swinging a club in anger, and I was happy to be out there, for about 20 minutes. I can only imagine how life is for you Yanks still digging out from the winter season (or still waiting to dig out of it). I consider myself lucky, because aside from the 8 weeks in mid-January to mid-February that yield maybe 10 playable days, we really have an all year season down here. I can't imagine going 3-4 months without playing golf, although I have gone that long on 4 seperate occasions, but I was deployed overseas at the time, so there wasn't much in the way of golfing opprtunites. I do plan on taking my lob wedge on the next deployment to the Rock to work on my sand game.
I had gone 3 weeks without swinging a club in anger, and I was happy to be out there, for about 20 minutes. I can only imagine how life is for you Yanks still digging out from the winter season (or still waiting to dig out of it). I consider myself lucky, because aside from the 8 weeks in mid-January to mid-February that yield maybe 10 playable days, we really have an all year season down here. I can't imagine going 3-4 months without playing golf, although I have gone that long on 4 seperate occasions, but I was deployed overseas at the time, so there wasn't much in the way of golfing opprtunites. I do plan on taking my lob wedge on the next deployment to the Rock to work on my sand game.