Golf in snow and frigid temperatures

Who says you can’t play golf in the winter?

I, for one, teed it up the day after Christmas up here in Rhode Island — the latest round I’ve ever played here in the Ocean State (of course, temperatures were in the mid-50s).

My round, however, was nothing compared to the dedication — and perhaps, shall we say, “craziness” — displayed by the father/son duo of Jerry and Garrett Clark of Bonner Springs, Kansas, on Sunday.

But the Clarks decided that despite a frozen-tundra looking Sunflower Hills Golf Course that was covered in a blanket of snow with a high temperature registering in at 18 degrees, it was a perfect day to play some golf.

My general rule is that if the temperature is equal/less than the number of holes in a regulation round of golf, the closest you’ll find me to the first tee is in front of the clubhouse fireplace sipping a hot chocolate.

But not the Clarks.

Jerry, the elder Clark, manned the camera, while Garrett — armed with his golf bag and a broom to sweep away the snow so he could hit his shots and putts — played the course.

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