Your best excuses to make it through the winter
7. ‘It was new on today as well’
The halfway house is a bit like Marmite, some love it, others loathe it. But, given it’s 3˚C and you lost the feeling in your fingers six holes ago a mug of something hot should go down well.
However, with the next group now putting out on the 9th and the group ahead halfway down the 12th it might be a good idea to crack on. Which means juggling your coffee, which is on par with the heat of the sun, around for the next three holes before spilling it down your front on every gulp.
8. ‘Mudball! Did you see that? I flushed it’
Despite the fact that it was you that put yourself in the rough feel free to turn in on the world when you find your ball isn’t sitting too good in the clag.
And then when you shunt it out and it doesn’t finish on the green you can begin to hop around and start flapping your arms about, bemoaning your bad luck.
This is winter’s version to finishing up in a divot and you need to tell everyone before, during and after exactly what you’re dealing with.
9. ‘I think I might have snow blindness’
Sometimes you just need to accept defeat and walk in. When it’s so cold that your eyes are teary, you’re struggling to breathe and you can feel your whole body start to shut down on you then show a bit of dignity and walk in.
Quick 9: A history of Tiger Woods’ comebacks
Quick 9: Best current players not to have won a major
Quick 9: Golf’s heavyweight winners on tour
Click here for more from Winter Golf Week
Mark Townsend
Been watching and playing golf since the early 80s and generally still stuck in this period. Huge fan of all things Robert Rock, less so white belts. Handicap of 8, fragile mind and short game
