Complete agreement with Mark. Worth restating that during this particular winter over half of the golf courses in Wales were actually closed on St David's Day (March 1st) because of flooding, of various degrees of intensity. And then last week Porthcawl members were circulated with a very interesting and lengthy assessment of the malign impact of the spring 'drought' on summer playing conditions. Fortunately this weekend has given much of the UK (although not I think the SE corner?) some good soakings.
Many of my golf-dreams-turned-real have been on spring trips around the UK, ranging in date from mid-Feb to mid-April, and whilst we have had snow and hail and cold we have also had some truly dreamy days, including the above-mentioned first one at Muirfield back in 1997. But the general trend is absolutely as Mark describes, which may well impact trip planning in the years to come...