November Golf

"This is as busy as it gets," said Phil Annese.

Annese isn't talking about a polling place yesterday.

He's not talking about Dinosaur BBQ on Saturday night.

Not talking about the Carrier Dome, either (well...for men's basketball, anyway).

Actually, Annese is talking about a golf course. The Liverpool Golf and Country Club to be specific.

But it's November. How is it even possible for a golf course to be busy?












Oh. That's how...it was in the 60s today.

"If we're sold out of golf carts by noon, it means we've been going strong since 7, 8 o'clock this morning," said Annese, who works in the Pro Shop.

The Liverpool pro shop wasn't the only busy pro shop.

"I'd say there are probably 45 or 50 people on the course today," said Dave Midgley, the assistant Golf Pro at Drumlins Country Club in Syracuse.

"Usually (in November) we only have 2 or 3 die-hards that are trying to get one last round in before the snow falls."

Several golfers we talked to said they couldn't remember the last time they had hit the links in November.

Others said it was odd to see so many people playing because normally they have the course to themselves at this point in the year.

But overall, Annese said every customer he saw was, "just happy to be out there."