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I'm curious, how many of you enjoy playing in the morning vs at twilight? And Why do you like playing at either of those times?

I love playing in the morning, but don't get me wrong something about twilight as the sun is setting is just so peaceful. I just played twilight last night with my fiance and it was windless and was able to capture some cool photos. It's just so cool as we chase around this little white ball to take it all in now and again.... especially during these tough times.

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I’d rather twilight. I’m usually able to be more “loose” at the end of the day, and courses are less crowded. I LOVE a good twilight rate, and when I’m on the road, I get to play after the work day, and I really enjoy playing until the sun goes down.


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I'm a morning golfer. The course has just been conditioned , sand traps have been groomed, no ball marks on the green. If there is still some dew left on the greens you can see your ball trace track left from putting. This helps your green reading for the future.

But I don't mind twilight, just prefer mornings. 

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I go for mid to late morning. I'm a early riser for sure but I prefer to ease into my day. And the biggest reason for morning golf is the greens. It's all about the greens to me. I do like playing twilight at times but usually the greens are pretty stomped with divots galore. In the summer late; they're also baked.

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I am usually dawn patrol, but those twilight nights are fun.

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I prefer late afternoons. The typical round for me is 9 holes after work/school with my son. I prefer to play on week days too and save the weekends for things my wife enjoys doing as she’s not a golfer. 

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I enjoy morning rounds... the earlier, the better.  Twilight is beautiful,  but I'm invigorated by morning golf.  Early tee times afford me the luxury of playing an additional 9-18.  After having lunch on the porch and watching the approach shots at the turn,  we are usually motivated to go back out.  

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Love twilight golf in the summer as the temps cool and a small breeze picks up. 

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I prefer mornings but I wouldn’t turn down a twilight round either. I’m usually one of the first ones on the course between 6-7 am. It’s better than a cup of coffee and the grounds crew get to laugh at me when I put a ball in the deep rough.


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I love twilight rounds after work. You have to get the timing right so the setting sun isn't an issue tracking the ball, but that's only an issue later in the summer/early fall. 

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I love morning golf. As in first tracks in the dew and seeing the sun rise and the day come alive. 

My schedule has me up at 430am for work so that makes me a twilight golfer. I love having the course mostly to myself and finishing io on 18 almost in the dark. Itdoes get windy and the greens get bumpy, but I can live with that. 

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Morning for me.  I like getting out before the courses get crowded and then getting done with my round before noon and having the whole rest of the day to get done whatever else I need to get done.

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I’ve always been a morning guy. It’s nice to still have the entire day ahead of you. BUT, if SWMBO wants to do an evening 9 or do a couples thing that cool also.
Before I retired I did very early tee time on weekends. Played almost every Thursday afternoon.
I had a yearly pass at local golf course and if no one was around just did what I wanted to. Played one hole or as many as I could get in. I was able to walk and carry bag then and was a blast.



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I prefer playing in the mornings before the courses fill up with players there for a “drunken good time”. 

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I have always enjoyed morning rounds more than twilight rounds. I think the thing about it for me is I really enjoy being able to get up in the morning early when there's dew on the ground and just breathe in the fresh morning air. And then you can watch the sun comes up warming the day as I warm up in my golf game.

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I like to play at a decent pace, so depends a lot on public or private.

when public I love to be early in the morning because of avoiding crazy 6 hrs round (yes in NY we got that)

when I was member of a private course, I loved twilight because I was able to have quick rounds.

aside of this pace related issues, both are fascinating..

the morning mist is incredible and the sunset (maybe on a links course near the ocean) mind blowing

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I play more in the evening.  My course is very busy in the early mornings but then dies down from noon on. 

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... If I had to play morning golf I would probably just give up the game. I really HATE playing early. My back is stiff, it is cold and wet and I am a night person so my brain just doesn't function well in the morning. My last big outing was a Myrtle Beach trip with 8 rounds Thursday thru Sunday. By Saturday my pards were complaining about being paired up with me because I averaged 86 in the morning rounds and 73 in the afternoon rounds and my 1 index at the time was killing the morning teams. That was my last outing trip. 

... I LOVE twilite golf and it is pretty much all I play. Sometimes I get out a little earlier, especially on vacation or wintering in Phoenix, but never before noon.  

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... If I had to play m morning golf I m ay just give up the game. I really HATE playing early. My back is stiff, it is cold and wet and I am a night person so my brain just doesn't function well in the morning. My last big outing was a Myrtle Beach trip with 8 rounds Thursday thru Sunday. By Saturday my pards were complaining about being paired up with me because I averaged 86 in the morning rounds and 73 in the afternoon rounds and my 1 index at the time was killing the morning teams. That was my last outing trip. 

... I LOVE twilite golf and it is pretty much all I play. I get out earlier, especially on vacation or wintering in Phoenix, but never before noon.  

I know a couple guys just like you, can’t play mornings and that’s OK. A 13 shot difference (86-73) is a huge difference


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It's wierd, I enjoy twlight more, but I generally  have better scores in the mroning rounds.  I play in a afternoon league on Wed night and a mroning league on Thursday AM.  it's crazy I can leave on some Wednesday nights after the round, looking like I'm a rank beginner, then on Thursday AM I'll put a round up better than anything I have in a whille  And it's not just the scores, its the way I feel and even my swing.    Wierd stuff!   

I guess some of it is on the Wed night league,  I go litteraly from sitting in my office to the first tee in less than 20 minutes some times. 

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1 minute ago, Rickp said:


I know a couple guys just like you, can’t play mornings and that’s OK. A 13 shot difference (86-73) is a huge difference emoji33.png
 

 

... Friday morning at Myrtle we were the first group off at 6am. I usually wake up around 8:30 - 9am LOL. It was so cold and wet and I was insanely stiff. I took an 11 on the opening par 5 without a penalty. Played better by the back 9 when the sun came out and I loosened up and it got warmer but those front 9's were just brutal. After lunch and in the afternoon I was completely ready to play but those 6 am morning tee times are no bueno for me. 🤣

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I much Rather morning. The earlier the better. Saturday’s are 2nd tee time on the course for me and I love it. I enjoy getting up early having a coffee and banana and getting to the course with the heated seat on. Rounds are fairly quick and finish up just in time for an early lunch and don’t take up the whole day. Can still get stuff done around the house. League play during th week though is obviously twilight and is great also but prefer the early morning dew! 

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On 5/2/2020 at 8:55 AM, cciciora13 said:

I'm curious, how many of you enjoy playing in the morning vs at twilight? And Why do you like playing at either of those times?

I love playing in the morning, but don't get me wrong something about twilight as the sun is setting is just so peaceful. I just played twilight last night with my fiance and it was windless and was able to capture some cool photos. It's just so cool as we chase around this little white ball to take it all in now and again.... especially during these tough times.

I prefer morning over any other time of day. If I can get the first tee time of the day, I'm pretty happy. Unfortunately, I've yet to acquire any playing partners that are willing to get up so early on the weekends. It's nice to be able to get out and enjoy a round without having the pace of play issues that often plague other times of the day. I also like that you can slow it down if desired because you aren't trying to race against time. That said, I have played and enjoyed many twilight rounds. That would probably be my second favorite time of day for golf.

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First group off the tee for me. I love finishing a round before they are serving lunch! If I play later in the day all I do is think about my round and get nothing done. 

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I’ve been getting out of bed @ 5:00am for 40 years so early morning is fine w me. I sleep in until 5:30 after retiring.


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