Winter in the Mid-Atlantic
Where Golfers Hope Against Hope
January 15, 2006
Golf in January, like everything else, is different in the Mid-Atlantic region. In this clump of misfit states stuck somewhere between New England and the Deep South, even the grass we grow on our golf courses is different. People who study such things call this a “transition zone”, which is a fancy way of saying that we have goofy weather and that only certain grasses prosper here—the kind of grasses nobody wants to play golf on. Go north of here and your spikes will tear up Bent grass. Go south and your ball gets buried in Bermuda. Read more
Winter Golf
When the Game Becomes Something Else
November 17, 2004
Welcome to winter golf. Technically, we are only half way through autumn, but golfers know that winter really starts when the clocks “fall back”. That is when the sun slinks away westward to the Alleghenies before the nine-to-fivers even punch out for the day; when the straightest drive can be lost among the thousands of noisy leaves that pepper the fairway. It is when the clubhouse gets crowded with retirees and shift-workers sipping coffee and telling stories while waiting for the morning rays to retake the greens from the frost that crept in under a cold crescent moon. This is when only true golfers remain. Read more
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