tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post113606012662326414..comments2007-03-06T08:40:04.352-08:00Golf Grouchnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1136917445857380242006-01-10T10:24:00.000-08:002006-01-10T10:24:00.000-08:00One thing about Socal is that mist is sometimes mistaken for rain, so when we're being deluged with mist, golfers will stay away and, like the Grouch at Torrey Pines, a course can be had all to oneself. Now for some shameless self-promotion. I've got a survey on my blog (actually, a link to survey) which can be accessed from this <A HREF="http://www.woundedquacker.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">link</A> (or the link on the left the Grouchy Golf, Wounded Duck) which I'll post the results of after a few weeks. If anyone wants to participate, I'd be thankful. I'll also be adding questions as the drugs kick in and provide me with more.woundedduckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06177776572690738669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1136833526569228012006-01-09T11:05:00.000-08:002006-01-09T11:05:00.000-08:00Living in Pittsburgh, I am not so fortunate. <BR/><BR/>I will play in the rain, the wind or the cold. However I will not play in a combination of any of the aboveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1136745389229282272006-01-08T10:36:00.000-08:002006-01-08T10:36:00.000-08:00Hah!<BR/><BR/>You know what's worse than a little rain?<BR/><BR/>Good friend of mine, my best man actually, was given a round at Pebble Beach as an X-mas gift from his mother in 2004. Same as his 2 brothers and thier father. Only 1 the 4 I would consider a "casual" golfer.<BR/><BR/>They all planned a nice family vacation to Monterey for sometime last fall and booked a "good" tee time. I think it was last September maybe.<BR/><BR/>They got to the course plenty early on a spectacular day. I can only imagine the excitment someone would feel before a round on a course like that on a day like that.<BR/><BR/>They were early enough to sit down and enjoy a nice breakfast in the lodge.<BR/><BR/>So, I'm told, that about half way through thier meal, my pal glances out the window to the nearby green (18 I guess) and sees a maintenance guy doing what looks like punching the greens!<BR/><BR/>They had been told by the course that it was in spectacular shape and there was no aeration scheduled. Apparently the greenskeeper just did it randomly.<BR/><BR/>That would piss me off a hell of a lot more than rain.Wedgeheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1136741346439793102006-01-08T09:29:00.000-08:002006-01-08T09:29:00.000-08:00Wedge,<BR/><BR/>You sound like the Tarzan of golf. You didn't happen to ever play a round with a Tiger, did you?Golf Grouchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02287652443978965903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1136667189033871852006-01-07T12:53:00.000-08:002006-01-07T12:53:00.000-08:00I didn't know there were others out there that didn't play in the rain. I know if I were at one of the great courses for a weekend like that I would try to play. Living here in Florida I just have too many days to play and a rainy day just isn't one of them. A club sliped out of my hand once and that was the last of my rain play.davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00533866979044540267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1136665543289287812006-01-07T12:25:00.000-08:002006-01-07T12:25:00.000-08:00I guess the "blessing in disguise" was that they didn't allow cars to park on Brookside!!!<BR/><BR/>Living in Seattle for 4 years, you certainly get used playing in a little precipitation. I actually kinda liked it. I enjoy the added challenge of rain. Don't get me wrong, there is a limit, but being out on a quiet course with just your bag and mother nature is something I have always loved.<BR/><BR/>When I was a kid I used to sneak out on a private club in the late evenings. I would be out there all alone. Just me, my rig, the course, and some widlife. There is something very spiritual about that for me, and a little misty rain always made for an even more spectacular setting.<BR/><BR/>Once, last fall, I was playing in Bellevue Washington after work. It was about 4 or 5 o'clock and there was a light rain. I was out there all alone until I got to the 4th where a coyote joined me for a couple of holes hunting squirrels and rabbits along the side of the fairway. The rain and the mist only added to the incredible adventure.<BR/><BR/>Ahhhhh....the romance of golf.wedgeheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7347482.post-1136607413620491042006-01-06T20:16:00.000-08:002006-01-06T20:16:00.000-08:00Be thankful for that nice West Coast weather, over here on the east coast we won't have any consistently comfortable golf temperatures until March..... And I am itching to get back out on the courseziggyhttp://www.inthezonegolf.com/phpwebsite/noreply@blogger.com