Although golf can still be played in the rain, it can never be played in a thunderstorm, because players can't hope to compete with golf-ball-size hail’s endless streak of holes in one. Challenge ice’s incessant aces with today’s Groupon to Quail Creek Golf Club. Choose between the following options:

• For $40, you get one 18-hole round of golf for two with cart rental and a large bucket of range balls on a weekday (up to a $97 total value).
• For $45, you get one 18-hole round of golf for two with cart rental and a large bucket of range balls on the weekend (up to a $117 total value).

Designed by three-time U.S. Open champion Hale Irwin in 1986, Quail Creek consistently challenges golfers as one of St. Louis’s most challenging and rewarding courses. With four sets of tees measuring from 5,500–7,000 yards, the course‘s narrow bermuda fairways weave through natural streams and rolling hills, creating a mulchified monster with a slope rating of 141 out of a possible 155 from the back tees. Diverse in both its landscape and its challenges, much of the course encourages risk-and-reward scenarios, tempting players to cut across an otherwise lengthy dogleg to reach the ninth green in two strokes and introducing levers at every tee that either award automatic birdies or unleash a flock of angry falcons.

When not veering golf carts away from oncoming butterflies, players can empty a large bucket of balls (a $7 value) at the driving range or refuel stomachs at Quail Creek’s restaurant (not included in this Groupon). In addition, Groupon customers receive 25% off on the day of redemption at the pro shop, home to apparel from Nike and Callaway, equipment from Ping and Titleist, and the indispensable golf manual How to Tame a Wild Caddy.

Quail Creek Golf Club's rates fluctuate throughout the week. Although Quail Creek Golf Club sometimes offers a discounted rate online, this Groupon still offers the best deal available.