July is the month of Golf

If you’re reading this blog, then you’ve been thru this year’s Spring from Hell (as far as golf goes). I bought new clubs in April and have only just this week played golf in wind less than 5-mph and NOT been greeted by water-logged fairways and blown-out bunkers. I still don’t know how far they carry versus my old set.

But all that noise withstanding, the Month of July is the best golf month for most of us; Kids’ are out of school still, the weather is usually good for golf, and if you’re lucky, there’s a golf trip in your future too. One more item I think really kicks things off: the 3 weeks of PGA golf in the British Isles with the Irish, Scottish and British Opens in consecutive weeks.

I’ve never been overseas to the Home of Golf to play; not yet anyway, that trip is on the docket for 2022 (my 50th, ahem!). But I love the links golf anyway. I love that it’s much more about creativity (the ground game, blind shots, pot bunkers, wind, weather, etc). It’s a complete crapshoot on which course you’re going to get. The links courses are really constructed differently than most of what we see here in the States, and it’s immmediately obvious that the tight fescue greens and fairways can roll for days. You gotta be Down with the Brown over there and it’s magical.

Another fun item is the time change - you can roll out of bed at 4am and score live golf; SWEET! This week’s Irish Open is at Lahinch, the Scotty is at The Renaissance Club (a Doak design) and then back to Ireland for the British Open at Royal Portrush. All great tracks, and worth your time. Throw in a field including a bunch of US PGA Tour players alongside some wild names you might not see often: well you can hand me a beer and some peanuts I’m watching all day, baby.

Get out there and play some golf, we’re halfway through the season!