Below 55 Especially if the sun is not out
At this point in your life what is your "No thanks, it's too cold for me to play" temperature? And what's the coldest temp you ever did play in?
In past years I would say not below 50…was alway a fsir weather golfer. But this year I definitely have the itch and this fall I have been out a couple times where it was 40ish with no sun. If it gets much colder than that…maybe?
We get a lot of frost delays in the spring and fall(the average high here won’t be above freezing until March 8th). I’ll play any of those days where the high is 40 or lower. Growing up in MN/WI as a skier, I’m used to cold weather more than most. My son and I have winter days where we snowmobile 100+ miles in temps below 0º F.
If it's calm, I'll play in the mid-30s no problem. If it's windy, 40 is probably the lowest.
I played at 41* with 30mph wind on a wide-open course near Louisville in March and that was colder than when we played at 33* here in Wisconsin with no wind in late October.
layer up!
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Et Tu Brute?
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On a sunny, dry, not much wind day I might be tempted to play in the mid-40's. But not if the wind chill is less than 40. If it's cloudy or damp out, somewhere around 50F is the lower end of my comfort zone.
it's 32 and sunny, I am thinking about it!! Supposed to be 49 at Noon
Too cold for just a normal round is under 50 at this point for me. Events or something I've committed to I suck it up and deal with it. Coldest I've ever played in was around 30* I believe.
I'm equipped to play in the high 30s/low 40s IF the wind is not blowing. It's rare that we have days here where the high does not at least creep into the 50s, so it's not too bad once you get about 4-5 holes in.
ohio does not cooperate well with this.
I don’t like how short our golf season is…
If the course is open , carts are out and regular greens not temporary we will play. Played Sunday temperature in the 30’s. Cart cover and heater make all the difference in the world . Get out hit your ball and back into the warm cart. Even if its not windy and it is in the 30’s when the cart is moving its painfully cold. Cover and heater perfect.
We went to temporaries on the 15th. I won't play anymore. Club put in a simulator that I'll use a couple of times over the winter.
I'll play in the mid-30s as long as there's no precipitation. Admittedly it's not ideal but I don't get to golf enough to turn down an opportunity.
If I have to put on long pants a long sleeve shirt and a wind suit its too darn cold. I mean come on the blood is getting rather thin these days.
I have played when it was ridiculous to be playing, but those days are long gone. I am playing today and it is supposed to be about 45* when I tee off. It is calm and sunny. That is very doable. If it is windy or rainy, the temperature needs to bay in the 50’s for me.
There isn't a to cold for me to play, if that's what my only option and opportunity is.
This spring I played while there was still snow on the course. I hope to do the same in 2024.
This spring I played while there was still snow on the course. I hope to do the same in 2024.
Temperatures don’t bother me as much as wind. Wind will cause more damage than golfing temps ever will.
Acesteve
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I stop at 37, sun, low wind. Temp must go up if we don't have sun or if we have wind
Same. I've played mid to upper 30's and as long as I'm walking, I'm ok. The courses close before I'm ready to call it a season.
Not a fan of playing below 50, if it starts a little below that and warms up, I’m good (heavy wind cancels this). I used to play a Christmas morning round with a buddy who didn’t celebrate Christmas and there were some brutally cold years, in the 20’s is probably the coldest I have ever played in.