I golfed with someone yesterday who said something that I believe to be true. He said that there haven't been many normal weeks of weather in 2022. Lately, there have not been seven straight days in which we could say "This is a normal June".

We had a fantastic winter and summer in 2021. It may be balancing itself out this year. The winter was a chaotic mess with frequent poor conditions and closed highways. The spring and summer have been unseasonably cool, wet, and windy.

I know complaining about the weather as it relates to golf may seem a bit trivial. But we just had a seven-month-long winter. Also, as goes golf so goes many important industries in the region. Crappy summer weather hurts recreation, tourism, farming...heck, even ice cream sales are likely down.

The bad weather delayed the start of the golf season, has caused low numbers for weekly attendance and even resulted in one night being canceled outright. Last week was the perfect example of the unperfect weather. The threat of a storm and cool, rainy, and windy conditions kept most golfers at home. The thirteen guys that did show up actually saw much-improved conditions shortly after the round started.

I pride myself on my optimism but this weather is getting to become a challenge. Today is the first day of summer and the official longest day of the year, yet it seems as if we are waiting for the nice weather to get started. I guess we shall see what tomorrow brings.

Right now, I need to bring an update on last week's golf. I mentioned 13 golfers. Only one skin went...$20 on #9 for Stephen David and Brad Benton. There were no deuces. Closest on #5 was Nathan Maynes and closest on #9 was Nick Roulette. Lowest score of the evening was a 37 which was carded by three golfers.