Weather can make or break a golfer’s day on the course. With the warmer weather London golf courses’ time sheets are filling up.
“I’m thankful, since winter was so cold it’s very nice to have this sun” said Jean whose been golfing for eight years.
Jeff and Sylvie Van Geel with there golf clubs (Source: Daniel Thuss)
“It’s beautiful out here, it was a slow start only on my seventh round this year, but great weather no humidity” said Jeff Van Geel a golfer for 42 years.
“Its very good weather considering the start of the season, but it’s very good” said Jeff’s wife Sylvie who has been golfing with him for 11 years.
Bitter cold winds and rain in the early spring always hurts the club house at the start of golf season, but it builds up the eagerness of the golfers to get out there.
“You never want a damp April because you’ll see a little dip in sales, but it builds the hunger for everyone once the weather turns” said Rob Vincent the professional supervisor at Fanshawe Golf Course.
Owners have been very lucky this year with how the weather is treating the golf courses. Even when it’s bad, diehard fans come out to fill up those spots.
“We have quite a few passholders between the two sites that are going to play rain or shine” Vincent said “But the diehards will play when it’s 2 C and raining.”
He added that golf as a whole has been growing in popularity at a rapid rate. After COVID-19 people who would normally play a couple times per week now come up to five times, and the dedicated golfers who were four times are coming almost everyday. Vincent has been with the city for 20 years watching the growth of golf first hand.
“When we were reopening the world all you could do was get gas, get groceries and play golf, there were no soccer leagues, couldn’t play tennis, and all the gyms were closed” Vincent stated. “2022 was a good year, I expected for numbers to go down, but it was the opposite. I think people saw how great the game is and they stuck around.”
Vincent has been golfing for nearly 35 years. He said golf relaxing for his mind, gets him away from screens, and meeting with your friends.
