Playing golf through the winter is always something I’ve done. I can’t really understand why you wouldn’t. Golf is the sport I love the most and I’d be sad to only play it for seven months of the year. I know many people who adamantly choose to put their clubs in the loft on October 31 and then don’t dust them down again until April. I feel they’re missing a trick. There’s a huge amount to enjoy about winter golf if one is prepared to embrace the differences and the challenges. There are social, physical, mental and competitive benefits to playing golf through the winter and I can’t recommend doing it highly enough. Here are my 25 reasons to love winter golf...
The camaraderie
There’s great respect between winter golfers. Those who are hardy enough to take to the fairways through the colder months recognise and admire fellow battlers and friendships are often struck up between winter golfers; friendships that wouldn’t otherwise be forged. There’s always a wave or a nod from other groups playing through the mud and the sleet and there’s a great mutual sense of achievement back in the clubhouse after a winter Stableford. The camaraderie of winter golf
