Ask ten golfers when the game is at its best and you will get twelve answers. The honest truth: every season has a case — it just depends whether you chase scoring conditions, quiet fairways or the lowest green fee. Here is how our coaching team rates the year.
Spring: the comeback season
March through May is when most handicaps are made. The ground softens, greens run true after winter maintenance, and courses are quiet enough to play two balls and actually practise. Mornings can be crisp, so layer up — but spring golf rewards the organised player: book early tee times, walk while the air is cool, and work on wedge distances before summer firmness arrives.
Summer: championship conditions
Long evenings, firm fairways and fast greens — summer is tournament season for a reason. The ball flies further in warm air and running approaches become an art form. The trade-offs are real though: peak green fees, packed weekends and the occasional baked-out green. Our advice is simple: play twilight golf. After 5 PM the course empties, the light turns golden and the air cools just enough.
“Twilight golf in July is the best value in the sport — half the crowd, softer light and a course that plays exactly as designed.” — Marcus Webb, Director of Golf
Autumn: the connoisseur’s pick
Ask our staff and most will say September and October. The course is at its absolute peak after a season of care, the crowds thin out, and still afternoons with low sun make every hole look magnificent. Ball flight stays long in mild air, and autumn medals have a wonderful end-of-season edge. If you can only take one golf trip a year, take it now.
Winter: the secret season
Winter golf is not for everyone — but it might be for you. Frosty fairways add twenty yards to every drive, temporary greens aside the course is wonderfully quiet, and a brisk fourball followed by soup in the clubhouse is one of life’s great afternoons. Keep expectations flexible, invest in a thermal base layer and waterproof mittens, and treat winter as maintenance: groove, fitness and short-game sharpness.
Our verdict
For scoring, play autumn. For atmosphere, play summer twilight. For improvement, play spring. And for the love of the game, keep playing through winter — the golfers who do start every April two shots ahead of everyone else.
