At this time of year, getting 18 holes in can prove seriously difficult. Not on account of the frost, rain fog and snow – as is commonly assumed to be the case – but because of the lack of daylight. It sometimes seems that there is barely time to get up, have some breakfast, drive to the club and get on the 1st tee before the cut-off point of midday.
That said, at least on a weekend you have a fighting chance of a game, which is more than be said of weekdays between September and March.
But I have a solution. I propose that, on October the 1st, the clocks move forward an hour. Not back, you note, but forward. On November 1st, the same would happen. And again on December 1st. On January 1st they would go back an hour, and again a month later and again a month later.
This would ensure it was never dark before 8pm, meaning we could continue to play, weather permitting, on weekday afternoons and evenings throughout the year.
Yes, I realise this would mean it did not get late before midday in December, but so what? We're all at work anyway.
The way things are, the only hours it's light during the week (say 8am until 4pm) are those when the vast majority of us are stuck at work.
Under my system, we'd all actually be able to spend some time outside while it's light in the winter months.
I'm sure it's a great idea. What do you reckon?
By Dan Murphy
Editor
2 comments:
Would quite happily sit in darkness until midday if it meant getting out for a round after work. The treadmill of no time for breakfast, work, lunch at your desk, Coronation Street and bed never that great for three months solid.
Hello, my name is Jason Marcoux and i found out about this site from an email my mother received from her cousin in the UK. her maiden name is Mary Ellen Caulfield and her cousin is John... from the email i have gathered that John's future son in law works for this magazine.(Dan Murphy). So hello from family in the U.S... P.S. I am also an avid Golfer and love this site... to get the family thing straight, its like this. My grandfather (Norbert Caulfield) and John's father were brothers.... thank you....Jason Marcoux-Saginaw, Michigan USA... :~)
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