monsoon season is upon us

'scorthy

Though we did have a good run at it over the past few months the weather has been great for golf and kept clubs afloat. Now the rain has started it wont know when to stop. Our course is closed with next inspection at 11am but looking at the radar images it looks like the south-east is in for a soaking, Cork / Kerry look like they've been washed away. If it's going to be a repeat of last year I fear that the finances on many clubs will be severely affected as many are just hanging in there. And then there's the bar/restaurants in clubs trying to survive.
Still, I got out yesterday...in the rain...and my gear is still drying off...so is my golf equipment .
Is the Scottish Open live on BBC today? (Don't have Sky Sports )

Swampy

That's a bit harsh. It's the 1st bit of bad rain in months.

irishtoffee

On the beeb at 1pm.Wexford is closed also because of the bloody weather.

Mister Sifter

Get a grip man, first day of proper rain in about ten weeks.

irishtoffee

Has rained in Wexford last sunday, tuesday,thursday,friday and today.

Irishvillian

irishtoffee wrote: »

Has rained in Wexford last sunday, tuesday,thursday,friday and today.

So much for the "sunny south east":cool:

'scorthy

Swampy wrote: »

That's a bit harsh. It's the 1st bit of bad rain in months.

1st bit of rain!! Did you hear the forecast? Flash flooding etc...and those poor kids in Oxigin :rolleyes:.
Why, Oh why, does it have to rain on the weekend and during the day...and during the summer...:D just to deprive me of a round.

'scorthy

Mister Sifter wrote: »

Get a grip man, first day of proper rain in about ten weeks.

It's my GRIPS I'm worried about, still drying them off .

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Smyth

Hoping this will pass soon. The last 3 days it has rained the second I stepped onto the 1st tee. Then it stops and starts again when I'm at the furthest point from the clubhouse.

ballyk

Lashed rain on Saturday for the Captains Prize at my club (Ballykisteen). After 6 weeks or more of great weather as well and the one day you want nice weather you don't get it. Of course the day after was lovely also!

conno16

may as well write off 2010 now
meant to be raining for next few months, might get a small break in sept when the schools reopen

charlieIRL

i forgot to clean off my clubs after my last round in the rain there last weekend and when i took them outta the car last night to practice i noticed one of my wedges has rust spots on it - any tips on how to get it off?

PhilipMarlowe

drop of oil and some steel wool?

NoelAPM

wd40 all the way! if its rusted once itll rust again tho.. new wedge id say!

charlieIRL

Cheers guys. Will try it now it's only speckles of rust so hopefully it won't be too bad. It's my favourite & most consistent club in my bag too

Trekker09

Wasn't somebody complaining recently on another thread that the fairways were too hard because of the good weather

'scorthy

Trekker09 wrote: »

Wasn't somebody complaining recently on another thread that the fairways were too hard because of the good weather

Naaaah; that must have been someone who came back from Spain :rolleyes:

'scorthy

charlieIRL wrote: »

i forgot to clean off my clubs after my last round in the rain there last weekend and when i took them outta the car last night to practice i noticed one of my wedges has rust spots on it - any tips on how to get it off?

Brasso; it's your only man. The brother swears be it. Great for lot of things...piano keys, tar off the car, brill when I used a scouring pad on the missus' bonnet (of the car :eek:) to remove stubborn finger prints...Brasso came to the rescue

The_Architect

I think we need to rename our seasons.

Ireland & Britain no longer has spring and summer. They almost always have a very pleasant May & June followed by the rainy season - July & August - followed by a very pleasant September.

More like the Indian climate. Just less extremes.