The Winter Golf Blackout
Why We All Stop Playing and How It’s Killing Our Game
It happens every year. The clocks change, the days get shorter, and just like that, golf season comes to an abrupt halt.
The funny thing is, we never plan for it to happen. All summer, we’re grinding away in club comps, playing in our leagues, practicing our short game, maybe even chasing a bit of form. Then autumn rolls in, the wind picks up, and before you know it, the clubs are in the garage, gathering dust.
I know this cycle all too well because I’ve lived it. Back in 2015, I was playing for my club’s scratch team in the local league—good players, serious competition, proper matchplay vibes. It was the best summer of golf I’d ever had. The first tee nerves, the rivalries, the feeling that you had to earn your spot each week… it was brilliant.
But when the summer ended, so did the momentum. Winter came, the matches stopped, and I just sort of… drifted. I tried to stay sharp—found a winter weekend group to play with, but it wasn’t the same. By spring, my game had gone off the boil, and I never really got back into that team. I wasn’t match-sharp anymore. And let’s be honest, the weather in winter doesn’t exactly invite you to grind it out on the practice ground.
For years, I just accepted that this was the way golf worked: it’s a summer game, you hibernate in winter, and you start over again in spring.
But the more I thought about it, the more I realised—why does it have to be that way?
Technology has moved on. Simulators today aren’t the old clunky setups you remember from a decade ago. The ball tracking is unreal, the data is precise, and the gameplay feels real. It’s not a gimmick anymore—it’s a legit way to play golf, not just practice.
And that’s where the idea for Immersive Golf really started to take shape.
Imagine this:
✅ Weekly competitive league nights, even in the dead of winter.
✅ Teams representing their locally founded clubs, battling it out across the region.
✅ Real rivalries, real banter, and a reason to keep your game sharp all year round.
✅ And best of all—hours of competitive golf, indoors, no frost delays, no mud, no wind, and you’re home in time for a pint and the highlights.
I’ll be honest—I’m not here to sell you on some grand plan just yet. I’m just a golfer who’s been frustrated for too long, and I think there’s a better way. If you feel the same—if you miss that competitive buzz in winter, if you want to be part of something that brings golf into the 21st century—then let’s start the conversation.
Drop me an email at info@immersivegolf.uk. Let’s see if we can build this community together, and maybe—just maybe—change the way we think about golf in the off-season.
Let’s not go dark this winter.