NY Temp for Thur 6/9

[rony]

No Golf For Old Men

98 Degrees F / 37 Degrees C


Golf anyone? I'm going to the ocean beach! :rolleyes:

[deck]

I will play. We ride and have a cooler of gatorade though.

[rony]

[quote name='deck' timestamp='1307579473' post='3293894']
I will play. We ride and have a cooler of gatorade though.
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Too hot for me. Discretion is the better part of valor!

[Slunkhead]

Walked nine with my brother in about 98* heat today. It sucked! Could hardly swing the club the last couple holes.

[jtspectra2]

i played wind watch today .. and it was brutal.. took a cart, and drank close to 15 bottles of water..

[cml694]

Lol...play in Palm Desert heat...116 degrees

[CowtownTexas]

Y'all are pretty soft up north.

My game gets better when the temps get over 95. Down here, I won't have to worry about playing in temps less than 95 until mid September.

[sgniwder99]

The golf course is the singing-master of my soul.

I'll be out there.

[misterlau]

The air quality alert and ground level ozone is scarier than the heat.
I'd be playing if I wasn't in work though.
Stay hydrated out there.

[marrigo]

Walked in my 9 hole league yesterday up here in Syracuse. 97 when we started. Took two hours forty two minutes to play (yes, I was so ticked off that I kept the exact time and wrote it on the scorecard for the league president to see). It was torture. 3 handicap in the league and shot 12 over. Heat + slow play + a mild vertigo attack obviously does not suit me well.

[bulls9999]

Ah, that's cool (by Oklahoma summer standards). My wife and I will usually walk/pushcart up to just over 100*F, then it's a golf cart for sure at anything over 105*F. Seriously, people should make sure they take in plenty of fluids. Pisses me off at our club when it's >90*F and the on-course water stations run out of water by 1:00pm....and the next one is empty as well....but they have no problem raising rates 3 times in the last few years. When my in-laws used to live in Palm Springs, CA, I would be the idiot taking advantage of the cheap afternoon rates (often went something like $120 - 8am-10am, $100 - 10am-12noon, $80 - 12noon-2pm, $60 - 2pm-close).....at $120*F mid-day temp for the entire week of our stay, now I don't care if they claim no humidity....that's dang hot !!

You being from Long Island might enjoy this story. Originally I'm from Conn. and did some post graduate work at C.W. Post in Greenvale/Brookville, Long Island. Got to enjoy Long Island, Manhatten, etc. Some friends at Post were in charge of concert security at the Palladium in Manhatten and the old Dr. Pepper Music Festival in Central Park, so they'd gather some of the larger male students (some football players, etc) and offer a minimal stipend and free concert pass to work until everyone gets seated and the concert starts, after which you could leave. We would maybe stay for the concert (Rolling Stones, Kansas, Meatloaf, Grateful Dead, etc) or go to Chinatown, etc.

Stayed there on campus through the summer and started venturing out to discover new fun places on Long Island. Then my high school/college buddy who was going to med school in Mexico visited for a week....I started running out of things to do and thought...gee, I always heard that 'Fire Island' was a crazy place (in what way, I wasn't sure), so let's try that out". OK, we start out early....head over to Fire Island...find out it's the far stretch of southern Long Island beaches that there's no bridge to drive to, that you had to take a ferry to. OK, we park at the ferry landing parking lot and the lady asks, well which place do you want to go to? She rattles off about a half dozen names of towns....I said, "hmmm.....'Cherry Grove' sounds pretty quaint, let's go there". I should have thought her response was a clue....she said "you sure you want to go there?", I asked "why" and she said, oh nothing. We get our tickets, take the ferry across the bay.....get off (the ferry wasn't coming back for some 4-5 hours).....and then find out....Cherry Grove is a gay community, lol. We actually had a blast pretending to be a 'couple' so we wouldn't get hit-on by anyone. That has to be one of the best totally-clueless 'gotcha' screwups I've ever been directly involved in.

[quote name='rony' timestamp='1307578087' post='3293840']
98 Degrees F / 37 Degrees C


Golf anyone? I'm going to the ocean beach!
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[retexan599]

This time of year in Houston I either get up real early to tee off by 7 a.m. or go late in the evening. This usually means I don't get to play all 18, but 9 or 12 holes is better than waiting until October. And a cart is a necessity. Along with the water and the cooling towel.

[broth518]

I have a league play tonight at 5 but's only 9 holes and with a cart but nothing like a wet towell and 2 gallon water jug

[rony]

[quote name='bulls9999' timestamp='1307623857' post='3294821']
Ah, that's cool (by Oklahoma summer standards). My wife and I will usually walk/pushcart up to just over 100*F, then it's a golf cart for sure at anything over 105*F. Seriously, people should make sure they take in plenty of fluids. Pisses me off at our club when it's >90*F and the on-course water stations run out of water by 1:00pm....and the next one is empty as well....but they have no problem raising rates 3 times in the last few years. When my in-laws used to live in Palm Springs, CA, I would be the idiot taking advantage of the cheap afternoon rates (often went something like $120 - 8am-10am, $100 - 10am-12noon, $80 - 12noon-2pm, $60 - 2pm-close).....at $120*F mid-day temp for the entire week of our stay, now I don't care if they claim no humidity....that's dang hot !!

You being from Long Island might enjoy this story. Originally I'm from Conn. and did some post graduate work at C.W. Post in Greenvale/Brookville, Long Island. Got to enjoy Long Island, Manhatten, etc. Some friends at Post were in charge of concert security at the Palladium in Manhatten and the old Dr. Pepper Music Festival in Central Park, so they'd gather some of the larger male students (some football players, etc) and offer a minimal stipend and free concert pass to work until everyone gets seated and the concert starts, after which you could leave. We would maybe stay for the concert (Rolling Stones, Kansas, Meatloaf, Grateful Dead, etc) or go to Chinatown, etc.

Stayed there on campus through the summer and started venturing out to discover new fun places on Long Island. Then my high school/college buddy who was going to med school in Mexico visited for a week....I started running out of things to do and thought...gee, I always heard that 'Fire Island' was a crazy place (in what way, I wasn't sure), so let's try that out". OK, we start out early....head over to Fire Island...find out it's the far stretch of southern Long Island beaches that there's no bridge to drive to, that you had to take a ferry to. OK, we park at the ferry landing parking lot and the lady asks, well which place do you want to go to? She rattles off about a half dozen names of towns....I said, "hmmm.....'Cherry Grove' sounds pretty quaint, let's go there". I should have thought her response was a clue....she said "you sure you want to go there?", I asked "why" and she said, oh nothing. We get our tickets, take the ferry across the bay.....get off (the ferry wasn't coming back for some 4-5 hours).....and then find out....Cherry Grove is a gay community, lol. We actually had a blast pretending to be a 'couple' so we wouldn't get hit-on by anyone. That has to be one of the best totally-clueless 'gotcha' screwups I've ever been directly involved in.

[quote name='rony' timestamp='1307578087' post='3293840']
98 Degrees F / 37 Degrees C


Golf anyone? I'm going to the ocean beach!
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From me as pertains to your post:





I know about the heat down there. My son and his family live in Colleyville, TX. Golf in that part of the country in the Summer can be like a prison sentence.

CW Post is west of my home (Huntington) by about 12 miles.

Cherry Grove is STILL going strong. If you are not of that orientation,....just walking through the area, (Which I have done many times on the way to another community on Fire Island) can make you physically ill.

[Random Hack]

I walked yesterday after hitting balls for a couple of hours, and will hit balls for another couple of hours today.

Yesterday didn't really seem that bad because there was a breeze, but today is totally still and basically 100F.

All about hydrating, try to drink a gallon every hour or two.

[bigred90gt]

I'd rather it be 100 deg/100% humidity year round, than to deal with another winter like I had during the year I lived in New jersey. I'm from just outside of Houston, and have lived here all of my life (obviously except for the year in Jersey), so my body is very well acclimated to the heat and humidity. I cannot, however, take the cold.

[rony]

[quote name='bigred90gt' timestamp='1307639575' post='3295575']
I'd rather it be 100 deg/100% humidity year round, than to deal with another winter like I had during the year I lived in New jersey. I'm from just outside of Houston, and have lived here all of my life (obviously except for the year in Jersey), so my body is very well acclimated to the heat and humidity. I cannot, however, take the cold.
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It's a crazy thing. This past winter was HORRIBLE, not only in the Northeast, but the entire country except Florida. We kept saying, I can't wait for the warm weather. Well.......Here it is and we're complaining again! I guess it's like they say in the Army. If the troops are not bitching.......They're not happy!

[Random Hack]

NE weather is the worst in the country (in the Phila - NY region).

We have winter and summer (too cold and too hot, IMO), with about a week or two of autumn and spring thrown in for good measure.

I can live with days like this in June, assuming in December it's gonna be 65 or 70F - 100F in June and 20F in December doesn't work for me.

I'm heading south ASAP.

[tbowles411]

[quote name='YipMaster' timestamp='1307642502' post='3295707']
NE weather is the worst in the country (in the Phila - NY region).

We have winter and summer (too cold and too hot, IMO), with about a week or two of autumn and spring thrown in for good measure.

I can live with days like this in June, assuming in December it's gonna be 65 or 70F - 100F in June and 20F in December doesn't work for me.

I'm heading south ASAP.
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Take me with you bro! It's almost 100 degrees for the second day in a row, and looks like it's going to be here for a few more days.

[bigred90gt]

Dont think it is going to be any better in the Summer if you go south. Trust me, 93 in Houston is a whole different ballgame than 93 in Jersey. I walked 18 holes in 93 deg in Jersey, and barely broke a sweat. That same 93 deg in Houston, you sweat as soon as you step outside. There is a world of difference once you factor in the humidity, and trust me, your worst days up there in the summer, are our best days down here in the summer. Again though, I'm perfectly happy in my miserably hot summers so long as I dont have to deal with the NE winters.

[bulls9999]

I don't have to endure a hot day of golf to know if I don't like a place or not..... if you 'can sweat in the shade', it's lousy. Places I know like that.... Orlando, Miami (where my relatives are), and New Orleans. Gone to some professional meetings where the convention center is 1-2 blocks from my hotel, and walking those 1-2 blocks to the center at 7:30am and my shirt is almost soaked when i get there.....no way would I want to live there.



[quote name='bigred90gt' timestamp='1307643556' post='3295746']
Dont think it is going to be any better in the Summer if you go south. Trust me, 93 in Houston is a whole different ballgame than 93 in Jersey. I walked 18 holes in 93 deg in Jersey, and barely broke a sweat. That same 93 deg in Houston, you sweat as soon as you step outside. There is a world of difference once you factor in the humidity, and trust me, your worst days up there in the summer, are our best days down here in the summer. Again though, I'm perfectly happy in my miserably hot summers so long as I dont have to deal with the NE winters.
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[Shwagin1066]

[quote name='cml694' timestamp='1307602555' post='3294596']
Lol...play in Palm Desert heat...116 degrees
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Correct me if I'm wrong but that's a very dry heat. I've played in dry heat at 110-115, I'd take it over 100 and humid any day of the week. Though to be honest I love playing in either (riding, not walking when it's that hot)

[Random Hack]

[quote name='bigred90gt' timestamp='1307643556' post='3295746']
Dont think it is going to be any better in the Summer if you go south. Trust me, 93 in Houston is a whole different ballgame than 93 in Jersey. I walked 18 holes in 93 deg in Jersey, and barely broke a sweat. That same 93 deg in Houston, you sweat as soon as you step outside. There is a world of difference once you factor in the humidity, and trust me, your worst days up there in the summer, are our best days down here in the summer. Again though, I'm perfectly happy in my miserably hot summers so long as I dont have to deal with the NE winters.
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As long as I know what I'm getting into, I can deal with it - 100F summers are tolerable if it means that I can play golf (comfortably) year round for the other nine months of the year.

Going from snow in winter to 100F in summer is for the damn birds - if we had a fall and spring it'd be different, but it seems like they get shorter and shorter every year - there was one week of 75F and sunny all week in early April, but besides that the weather here sucks.

[Random Hack]

[quote name='lutomrSC' timestamp='1307646823' post='3295932']
So true!
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Getting that post count up for a BST add, huh?

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[rony]

[quote name='YipMaster' timestamp='1307646734' post='3295927']
[quote name='bigred90gt' timestamp='1307643556' post='3295746']
Dont think it is going to be any better in the Summer if you go south. Trust me, 93 in Houston is a whole different ballgame than 93 in Jersey. I walked 18 holes in 93 deg in Jersey, and barely broke a sweat. That same 93 deg in Houston, you sweat as soon as you step outside. There is a world of difference once you factor in the humidity, and trust me, your worst days up there in the summer, are our best days down here in the summer. Again though, I'm perfectly happy in my miserably hot summers so long as I dont have to deal with the NE winters.
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As long as I know what I'm getting into, I can deal with it - 100F summers are tolerable if it means that I can play golf (comfortably) year round for the other nine months of the year.

Going from snow in winter to 100F in summer is for the damn birds - if we had a fall and spring it'd be different, but it seems like they get shorter and shorter every year - there was one week of 75F and sunny all week in early April, but besides that the weather here sucks.
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That's the problem here on Long Island. We only have 3 seasons. Winter (Siberia), Summer (Saigon), and Fall. For golf, Fall is the best time of year on Long Island.

[markheardjr]

[quote name='marrigo' timestamp='1307622783' post='3294793']
Walked in my 9 hole league yesterday up here in Syracuse. 97 when we started. Took two hours forty two minutes to play (yes, I was so ticked off that I kept the exact time and wrote it on the scorecard for the league president to see). It was torture. 3 handicap in the league and shot 12 over. Heat + slow play + a mild vertigo attack obviously does not suit me well.
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Thank you! It seems none of the high handicappers in my league believe me when I say slow play causes my game to tank! I'm a 3 handicapper also and we have 6 hours rounds with my work league. It's crazy. They always ask why I shot 83 when I'm a 3 handicap and when I tell them the slow play is intolerable they just look at me like its a poor excuse. It's hard to get any kind of rythym going when you're waiting 5 minutes between shots. And they aren't willing to drive to decent courses. and they wont' tee off before 10am!? I finally had enough and quit playing the tournaments. I only stay in the league for the official handicap anymore. Why pay $75 for a 6 hour tournament round at 10:30am when I can pay $60 on the same course teeing off at 7:30am???

[bigred90gt]

[quote name='bulls9999' timestamp='1307645246' post='3295809']
I don't have to endure a hot day of golf to know if I don't like a place or not..... if you 'can sweat in the shade', it's lousy. Places I know like that.... Orlando, Miami (where my relatives are), and New Orleans. Gone to some professional meetings where the convention center is 1-2 blocks from my hotel, and walking those 1-2 blocks to the center at 7:30am and my shirt is almost soaked when i get there.....no way would I want to live there.

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New Orleans and the Houston area are very similar in terms of climate. I have never been to Miami and have only been to Orlando once about 16 years ago, so I dont remember what it was like. Sweating profusely at 7:30 is a regular occurrence here, and it certainly doesnt get any better as the day goes on.

[bigred90gt]

[quote name='YipMaster' timestamp='1307646734' post='3295927']

As long as I know what I'm getting into, I can deal with it - 100F summers are tolerable if it means that I can play golf (comfortably) year round for the other nine months of the year.

Going from snow in winter to 100F in summer is for the damn birds - if we had a fall and spring it'd be different, but it seems like they get shorter and shorter every year - there was one week of 75F and sunny all week in early April, but besides that the weather here sucks.
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We have almost 10 months of summer, a few weeks of fall weather, about a month of winter weather, and a couple of weeks of spring weather.

[osu67]

u guys want humidity come to Chicago. 95 degree heat 90% humidity. You literally get sticky and it is actually a task to take off your shirt after a round.

[wrmiller]

I'm currently blessed with high 90s to low 100s, but little (< 5%) humidity.

Still have to drink lots of water because you still sweat a lot, but it evaporates quickly. You feel somewhat cooler, till your body runs out of water and you have heat stroke!

Hot in the summer yea, but I get to play year round, so that's some consolation...