Windy golf

Thought the same thing. Playing shots I’ve never had to think off. 40kph winds coming in, clubbing up 3 clubs and still short. 😂 it’s the high gap wedge shots that make me rage the most 😂

I’m a member of Roganstown which is a long course as it is. Played yesterday and with the wind and the dampish fairways and greens it was just a massive slog. Hate it!

Wife plays in Howth, she says come out here on a windy day to experience wind. 🤣

I'm into Links golf - and love golf in the wind. I almost know no other game. But there are pros and cons. If you play golf in the wind all the time - your game starts to alter to play in that form. Your playing a game along the ground - long and short , you need to control your ball flight and almost ignore the number on the club. Sometimes it makes no odds if it is a 6 iron - 5 iron - 4 iron .

A thing that has been bad for me - is, it has made my short game all about running the ball - it is a particular skill - but it is not exactly glamorous to be chipping and running - or using a putter from off the green.

I think when you play too much in the wind - you can really struggle to play target golf. parkland etc.

In an ideal world - you could change your game for different formats - and I try to do this a bit - but we are only amateurs , it is hard enough to play golf - never mind have different games for different conditions.

But there is nothing quite like aiming say 25 yards right of a green - holding ball out there and just in last part of flight it drifts into the pin - and it was all part of the plan. There is an element of unpredictability and creativity in it, that actually helps me - your for one shot are thinking of an idea - it isn't a swing idea it is the route of the ball - it can be very helpful to distract you from the bad swing ideas.

A few weeks? My word. Where was this?

Blainroe. Was pretty overgrown , maybe not several weeks but at the rate grass grows this time of year , it must have been at least 1-2 weeks. you couldn’t distinguish the fairway and rough on many holes. Strange to say the least. But it was like a swamp in places so presume it was due to that. Made for tough golf

I was just coming onto post something similar.

Playing in windy conditions can be a fun experience, shaping shots and trying different approaches etc... But if it's cold, forget about it. There's absolutely no enjoyment playing golf with a 3 club wind blowing across you, and your body frozen up with the chill.

Windiest I ever played was the Gold Coast out by the lighthouse thingy last July.Had to play out about 100 yards over the sea to get the ball to land near the green.Brilliant craic😂

Hope its like that when Boards golf society are there this year..be some post mortems on here then..except for @FixdePitchmark who would probably bring in 50 points😂

Sure don't you know Fix never wins a boards outing

Ah you can't beat the dead straight flyer that defies the laws of physics and does not budge in the wind!

and people wonder why some people go insane trying to figure out this game...