October Golf!

This week will be doing something that is not very common. We are going to have a Men's Night in October. Wednesday is the first day of the new month. 

Prior to discussing this topic, I will provide a quick rundown of last week when we had 19 golfers.The closest to the holes were Charles McKay on #5 and Phil Ostash on #9. No one recordded a deuce. There were three skins won, all by the same pairing. Chad Tanner and Ron Sopko won $22.51 on #1, $22.51 on #2, and $33.76 on #7.

The forecast for Wednesday, October 1 is 25 Celsius. That is way better than last year. When we teed off at 5:30 pm on October 2, 2024, it was about 10 Celsius with wind gust up to 50 km/hr. By the end of the round, it was around 7 Celsius air temperature with a pretty good windchill. 

This week isn’t just bonus golf, this is t-shirt weather in Fall. In Manitoba. It’s like Mother Nature heard us grumbling in April and is trying to apologize with a hot flash.

Sunset will be at 7:20 PM, so we’re aiming for a 5:30 PM start. Yes, that’s early. Yes, it’s technically still work hours for some. But we’re prioritizing golf over employment. If you are a little late, no problem. This early tee time is consistent with what we have done in the past for October golf. And by the past, I mean last year, when we played on both October 2 and 7.

Playing in the tenth month is rare. How rare you might wonder? Well, we did it twice last year. And we have not done it in any year previously, at least back to 2013 when I started doing this blog.

But this year we will do it again. That’s right, two years in a row of October golf. We’re on the verge of creating a tradition, or at least a weird seasonal weather anomaly.

So don’t put your clubs away yet. Put on your favourite golf shirt, apply some deodorant, and join us for what may be the most beautiful, unlikely round of Men’s Night we’ve had in October in Shoal Lake. Because nothing says fall magic like duffing a shot into a pile of crunchy leaves while pretending it is still summer.