The weather is turning chillier on the East Coast, and soon we'll have the frozen turf of another winter. Hopefully, we at least won't have another three months of blizzards, but the cold is pretty certain to return.
You might think that would cause the golf clubs to be put in the garage until springtime. But if you did, you clearly don't know me very well. My father-in-law will golf in any weather, and many of my friends are not far behind in their desire to play, which is why I have cold-weather gear for when we hit the course on some December morning.
I also have cold-weather cigars for the golf course. In fact, I have two types.
When the weather is frigid but dry, I like something intense like a Gurkha Master Select Maduro Toro. I can feel that one in my bones, which takes the place of the cold air and warms me up as much as my weatherproof parka. And since I tend to play better in the winter -- my topped drives and iron shots get that extra roll on the frozen fairway -- there is less concern about keeping it lit between strokes.
We also sometimes play when it's cold and damp, on mornings when the smarter 95% of the population is still under the covers. Those are the times I break out something like the White Horse Maduro Toro. They are good and powerful smokes, but they also are cheap enough that I'm not going to be irritated if they get ruined by the wet weather. I can smoke them as long as they last, and if they become too soggy to deal with, any money wasted is a lot less than what I am likely to give away on my golf course bets anyway.
You might think that would cause the golf clubs to be put in the garage until springtime. But if you did, you clearly don't know me very well. My father-in-law will golf in any weather, and many of my friends are not far behind in their desire to play, which is why I have cold-weather gear for when we hit the course on some December morning.
I also have cold-weather cigars for the golf course. In fact, I have two types.
When the weather is frigid but dry, I like something intense like a Gurkha Master Select Maduro Toro. I can feel that one in my bones, which takes the place of the cold air and warms me up as much as my weatherproof parka. And since I tend to play better in the winter -- my topped drives and iron shots get that extra roll on the frozen fairway -- there is less concern about keeping it lit between strokes.
We also sometimes play when it's cold and damp, on mornings when the smarter 95% of the population is still under the covers. Those are the times I break out something like the White Horse Maduro Toro. They are good and powerful smokes, but they also are cheap enough that I'm not going to be irritated if they get ruined by the wet weather. I can smoke them as long as they last, and if they become too soggy to deal with, any money wasted is a lot less than what I am likely to give away on my golf course bets anyway.
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