The same course plays four different ways a year
Soft and long in spring, firm and running in summer, leaves and lost balls in autumn. Read the ground before the yardage plate.
Section
Season
Playing the calendar: winter golf and simulators, spring rust, summer heat, and the trips that fill the months when your home course is closed.
Closing the season: an hour that saves your spring
Clean and store the clubs indoors, post every score, book the regrip at off-season prices, then pick one thing for the winter.
The six weeks before your first round
Movement first, then the short game, then distances and the bag. Book the lesson in March, when a change has time to settle.