A December Spherical In Michigan and The Streak Extends To 130 Months

December started with a snowstorm and chilly that lingered. As late as every week in the past, I believed I had performed my final spherical of 2025.

Then the winds shifted, the chilly air lifted, and the snow shortly melted away. On Monday the twenty third, the mercury hit the mid-forties, and I used to be out to the course for a spherical.

With the spherical, my streak of consecutive months of golf in Michigan prolonged to 130.

Others additionally had been benefiting from the transient warming. I acquired out properly earlier than midday, and by the point I left, the parking zone at Washtenaw was half full,

For a course that had simply thawed out from a number of weeks’ value of snow, Washtenaw was in fine condition and unexpectedly inexperienced.

The ponds had been nonetheless frozen as a reminder that, despite the current warming, it nonetheless was December in Michigan.

I attempted out a brand new (to me) product on the course: Royal Tees winter tees.

Primarily based in Jackson, Michigan, Royal Tees Golf makes a wide range of smooth rubber tees with a particular crenelated high like a rook in customary chess set. Whereas most of their merchandise have the rubber tops with a peg on the underside, these have massive rubber bottoms which allow you to set the tee on high of the frozen floor. There have been three sizes within the package deal: two totally different heights for drivers and a neat low one for irons. The low tee’s base is in a half-moon form, letting the iron hit the bottom earlier than hitting the tee. It’s well-thought out.

The tees labored very properly, however the iron tee actually went flying after I struck it. On a few events, I needed to spend extra time than I might have wished searching for that tee. In each cases, I discovered it a number of yards downrange.

As a bonus, I additionally acquired out on Christmas Eve for an additional spherical. It was ten levels cooler, and the solar was not out, however I nonetheless had fun.

And as soon as once more, I used to be not the one particular person on the course.

Michiganders are golf-mad, and this proves it.