If you’ve ever turned up at the golf course on a seemingly perfect winter’s day, only to find yourself bewildered by the “course closed” sign awaiting you on the first tee, you’re not alone.
Closures due to frost are a regular feature of winter for golfers in the UK, and often it can seem like it happens when the course is playable.
However, there’s a very good reason for keeping golfers at bay.
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“Playing golf in frosty conditions can cause irreparable damage to the playing surfaces on the golf course,” says Richard Jenkinson, course manager at the Golf House Club in Elie.
“Frost on the grass leaf blades themselves tells us that the water inside the leaves is frozen. 80% of plant tissue is made up of water. When this water is frozen, foot traffic on the turf causes the ice crystals in the cells to puncture the plant’s cell walls thus killing plant tissue. Like an egg, once broken, it cannot be put back together. Therefore when frost is evident play may be delayed until the temperature has risen to a level that will allow a satisfactory thaw to take place, thereby reducing the possibility of damage to the grass plant.”
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