re: Tricks to beat the heat and keep playing during July and August?

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What is Florida Water? Google comes up with some kind of cologne.

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You can use Sea Breeze or any other astringent. Just pour it in the ice water. It's the alcohol that evaporates so quickly and cools you off

I walked 9 Sunday and it was insanely hot, was brutal

I just go out there and play. It’s not like your roofing a house or swinging a 9 pound hammer all day. Throw some Gold Bond on your nuts and get after it. It’s 4hrs, with a motorized cart, the breeze it creates, intermittent shade trees, ice chests and beverages at your disposal, towels and every other convenience a mid aged cracker needs to survive for a few hours in the wilds of suburbia. If you’re walking 18 it’s obvious you were dropped on your head as a child and you probably won’t feel the pain of heat stroke anyway.

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Sounds like a bunch of pussies in this thread.

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Imagine thinking you’re tougher than the fricking sun


Also imagine not playing the whites

I guess I'm a bit weird in that I'd prefer it hot and don't really care one way or the other if the tee time is early morning/late afternoon or middle of the day. Hell I run 3 miles a few times a week with a scuba vest on to get my body temp up and sweat more. The biggest thing for me is a towel, mainly for my hands and forearms. I usually hang 2-3 gloves on the windshield frame and interchange them every couple of holes. I usually undo my glove after every shot. I don't know when or why that started, could be to help keep it dry, but also could just be that I've incorporated fastening the glove into my preshot routine over the years(I don't take practice swings so it doesn't take any extra time). I drink at least a gallon of water per day, so water isn't usually an issue for me; I just bring a Gatorade squirt bottle and fill it up a time or 3 per round. We just moved to Madison, MS so I'm still learning the courses in the area. I've played Lake Caroline a ton since my BIL lives out there, and just joined Country Club of Canton; so I guess I'll say those two, but I'll play anywhere.

Show up to walk 18
Open beer
Hit on range
Forget sunscreen
Drink 6 on the front
Hot dog at the turn
6-10 on the back

Realize I haven't peed all day.
Hate life tomorrow.

I'm sorry man, if you're 34 and have to do all of that to play a round of golf riding in a cart you're not in great shape.

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Water water water. If I don’t have to pee halfway through the nine I’m not drinking enough water.

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And for as anti-American as it is to say this, save the beer for the clubhouse when you are through playing. Also walk or take your cart through as much shade as possible especially on days where play on the course is slow. Park your cart in shade whenever possible. Finally not only water, water, water but sunscreen, sunscreen, sunscreen.

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I'm at Caroline, but don't have 6 hours to play a round. I play Canton if I want to get in 18.
You should get a pard and play the Canton 4 Ball next month. 3 days and good players with parties both nights

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Are you a member at Canton? Signed up to join 3 weeks ago and played in the club championship last week. The guys I played with Saturday and Sunday were talking about the 4 ball. I think it might be full already, but the guy I played with on Sunday said he could get me in to it if I wanted. Only problem is that I'm headed out of town tonight and haven't been able to get out there to get signed up.