A combination of many factors (weather mostly) has kept me off the course since October, I officially am going insane now.

Brother, i feel your pain, its snowing here and has been for days, i have new clubs i need to try out, and have already taken out a light bulb swinging in the house.

i think if i dont hit a golf ball within the next 48 hours i may explode.

I have the same freaking problem here!!!!!!!!

Me too!!!

I got a new RapV2 driver, new 906 3w, new px hl shafts in irons, 1018 on the way, and C&L putter currently being made!

It was like 46* yesterday and it sarted melting some of the 12" of snow! Today its 15* and snowing I am either going to or go

Yeah, I have the bug real bad too, but it'll be over a month before courses open

About 1 week ago I was ready to freak out...and so was my wife since I couldn't shut up about the lack of golf etc etc. So I booked a trip to Alabama golf trail to ease the pain! If it weren't for this trip I would have gone nuts!

What makes it worse for me in nice, warm North Carolina is ... no golf whilst in Germany since last July, then right to the hospital for heart trouble the DAY AFTER I got home at the end of December! So now I sit and wait ... and wait and watch drive past people on the course! Going nuts! I am not even sure I remember which end of the club to hold!

SPRING IS HERE in S.E. Michigan... for a couple of days, anyway. I'm sure we'll get another foot of snow before spring is really here.

But I did get to hit balls outside Saturday in 45 degree weather. It felt downright hot after many days in the teens! First time swinging a club since early November.

It's only been since December for me but I know how you feel. I reached that point of insanity. I started to feel it physically. I felt despair and even entertained thoughts about the pointlessness of life.

Two nights ago the temperature was sufficiently high to finally go to the range and send some balls airborne. Then I spent an hour chipping and putting on an awful fake green. It gave me some temporary relief from the insanity.

Still, I know I won't be quite right until I play a full proper 18.

being a life long west coast (SF Bay Area) guy, I don't know how you do it. We are "cold" when the temp dips below 50. total weather wimps!

Like most of you, the Wisconsin winter has me going batty! For me the solution was to get 2 buddies together and drive south until we hit weather that was warm enough to play. We just got back from Tenn. which was an 8 hour drive.

We found a 2 day package through the Tenn. State Parks that included 2 days of unlimited golf plus a hotel room for $78, UNREAL. It turned out to be a fantastic time that helped the mindset.

I'm seriously considering abandoning the UK from Oct-March next year and go spend some time with my Dad in Dubai playing golf for a few months.

Feel like we could all chip in, buy a Golf WRX Sunny island somewhere where we can golf all year round?

I wish we could do that

but, living here in Pa.. its starting to get warm, and hopefully ill be able to go to the local muni next weekend if snow doesn't snow anymore >.<.

Now that, sounds like a plan!!!

Up here in Toronto, I seem to be hitting a nice smooth draw with my snow shovel. Occasionally it gets away from me with a bit of a right push (I am a righty), but so far that is keeping me sane. Oh and the basement chipping until I skulled on into the laundry room door last night - hoping "she who must be obeyed doesn't notice that one before I get the paint brush out ....

But I cannot wait to get on the course again .....

Chris

That is killer. The reason why I am laughing is because I have a "she who must be obeyed" myself.
Got up to 50° here in NJ on Sunday. I was hoping the courses would be opened but no avail. Went to the range and what a zoo. I got my range time in though. Can't wait til March, going down to Orlando and will be playing at OCN. That is all I got looking forward to.

My downstairs neighbor probably wants to wring my neck from my indoor chipping day and night.. but eh got to do what you go to do. There's no indoor ranges near Omaha, but luckily there's one range- Milt's, that's open almost regardless the weather (I think the owner lives in an apartment on site).. so when it's above 30 and sunny, it's bearable for at least a small bucket. With the snow pretty much gone he had the grass parts open the other day- really bad condition, and frozen so could barely get a tee in, but it beat a mat.

It's warming up in Indiana. It's getting up to the 70's this week amazingly since it was snowing last week. HAHA Hopefully it won't rain so the range and the course dries out soon.

This has been the coldest winter I can recall in Oregon.

I got to hit the driving range here outside chicago yeterday. Felt good after 3 MONTHS HYBERNATING. 50* today also. Might get 1 more bucket in.....

40° and snow mixed in the rain right now.

God bless Texas , I played yesterday afternoon, not well, but I did get to play!

Ohh now they are saying 3" of snow over night and tomorrow.

Sorry guys, it's been in the mid-70's the last few days here in middle Tennessee. I don't miss Michigan one bit!

Well, I do have two extra rooms at the house... don't think my "SWMBO" would mind if a few of you stopped by!

HAHA...this line is classic...

saturday it was 65 and i played 18, and yesterday was 70, hit the driving rance... this weekend its going to be about 60-70..I love it...! I feel for you guys where its still blistering cold... only a few more weeks until its warm weather all the time..!!!!

I'm in

AHHHH


Don't remind me! I had high hopes for playing this week, but I'm not stupid.

off topic how do you like your putter

We did get nailed with the snow, but I still managed to play 4 rounds in January here in Oregon. Those few weeks of dry weather definitely helped.

Yeah...in colorado here, where it snows rains winds and shines in as little as in hour....I've seen it all.

Worst yet I got a new iron set, driver shaft, 3w shaft, wedges and putter...all of them personally reshafted and now just sits there...giving me the look that puppies give when they are neglected

I'm a terrible person

Thankfully I'm still a young teen, so video games, school and friends are my salvation. Nevertheless, the urge creeps back every day and we have a terrible cycle going on: It snows, it warms up, it gets cold, all the snow that melted into the ground freezes (making the ground rock hard, gets warm again (which makes the ground all soggy) and repeats. However i do have two golf simulaors. mind you they're nothing fancy, just Real World Golf for the PS2 and Real Swing Golf, a little $10 simulator i found. Still, cant wait tilll spring

I really think I might actually be going crazy. I did very well until about 2 weeks ago and now I just can't take it! Too bad I still have quite a bit of time before the courses open up. Hopefully I make it and don't end up in an institution!