By Paul McCauliffe - The trees may be a bit bare at North Hill in Duxbury, but the golf is there for the taking. When you play golf in the winter months you avoid some problems like tee times, slow play and crowded, expensive courses.
Most rounds tend to be quiet, thoughtful outings.
Winter golf also comes with a bucketful of excuses for poor play, but scores usually aren t all that bad. Golfers can use any number of plastic tees on the frozen turf but a pile of sand from nearby bunkers give you little nostalgia too. Almost every golf course on the Cape and a number of courses on the South Shore stay open year round. The courses are closed if there is snow, but that doesn t seem to last too long. The best winter strategy is to call ahead in the morning before leaving.