When Does Your Course Open?

Triple_Putt · March 20

My email was flooded last week from all the courses that they are open, thanks to multiple 60+ degree days. Cart path only(no problem for us walkers) and some are still using winter hole locations(i.e in the fiarway) but im happy to be golfing! It's colder this week, so only the die hards will be out, which will hopefully keep my round tomorrow going smoothly as I have a tight window to fit it in.

Kenny B · March 21

Courses here are open all year… weather permitting. Yes, we can get snow but it usually doesn’t stick around long. We are also usually dry so we get people driving 200 miles from Seattle or 150 miles from Spokane to play when the weather is decent. We do get 2-3 hour frost delays sometimes.
The irrigation water was turned on a week ago so the grass is starting to green up. Greens are pretty quick running at 10.5 on the stimpmeter according to the Super (pretty good for a muni). In another month or so the stimp will be 11. Probably time for another aeration.

rjacobs4 · March 28

We have two courses here at our club in South Central Pennsylvania (Oenn National Golf Club) and the club keeps one open all year. Obviously there are days when it’s closed due to temperature or snow but it stays mostly open. I was able to play on it Dec thru March. Our other course opened this month.

StrokerAce · March 28

I'm an all-weather golfer (except pouring rain) - the only time I feel miserable is when it's raining heavy; other than that, if the ground's not frozen I'm going to try and play.

This - During the Winter when our Pro Shop is closed, Socials can play free Winter Golf to the extent weather permits. - is one of the primary reasons I joined a local club near me this year. FREE WINTER GOLF has my name all over it. With that being said, I think the course "officially" opens at the end of March?

VernL4 · March 28

We honestly don't get much snow in Indiana. (I think we got about 3" total this winter.) Many of the courses are open year-round. Some of them do close during the November through February timeframe. I've already been able to play three times so far this year and I have a teetime for tomorrow. My favorite course does close for winter, but they re-opened on March 15.

TappityTapTap · March 28

My favorite local course is always open. Around Thanksgiving they put a box out and it's 20 dollars to play as much as you want each day.

Siamese Moose · March 28

I moved onto a daily fee course 18 months ago. I am stunned by how many people play in really poor weather. Like 30° and a little sleet, and there's still a dozen or more groups out there. 40° and sunny? The parking lot is full.

rkj427 · March 28

Courses here in SE Michigan typically close mid-November, and then depending upon weather and snow depth or accumulation over the winter shoot for mid-to late March openings.

There are only a couple courses that will open during the November through March months if there is no snow on the ground and temperatures are above 32 degrees F.

This past winter has been warmer and not as much total snow, and we have had some warmer, 55+ - 70 degree F days, and one of the courses I regularly play has seen over 900 paid rounds as of last weekend.

One of my friends is a starter there, and he mentioned this is the most rounds this early in the year they have seen since the course was originally opened in 2000.

I have had a couple outdoors rounds this year, and am hoping to get another one in tomorrow afternoon.

Edited March 28 by rkj427