You’ve used up all your summer vacation weeks and floating holidays.

Once or twice, you’ve already had to dig out the ice scraper or use the remote starter to remove that thin coating of frost from the windshield before the morning commute.

Those golf clubs still take up residence in the trunk, but these days, perhaps they’re a Bubba Watson drive or two away from your mind.

It’s understandable, but you’re missing out.

This is Maine, after all. In September and October, some of those cold mornings are balanced by beautiful, short-sleeve afternoons. And whether you live in the shadow of the Bigelows or along the banks of the Androscoggin, you’re within a few miles of a course with autumn vistas that will leave you breathless.

“It’s a beautiful time to play,” said Steve Niezgoda, the professional at Sugarloaf Golf Club in Carrabassett Valley. “All the foliage is near peak. There are beautiful views all over the golf course. People are definitely coming out of the woodwork to play golf.”

Two of the nation’s most highly regarded modern tracks, Sugarloaf and Sunday River, are nestled in the mountains, offering colors and challenges galore.

Greens fees at Sugarloaf are on a sliding scale from $82 to $135, with the lowest end for those able to play on slower midweek days and book a week or two in advance.

And if you think the trees are near their peak, wait until you see the fairways and greens.

“They can play a beautiful golf course with great views and hopefully great weather,” Niezgoda said. “The golf course takes some time to mature. It starts out kind of cold and wet. Fall is usually when our course is in its best condition. In September the golf course is just about perfect.”

Sunday River’s website quotes greens fees at $129 through Oct. 13, and $89 after.

If the hilly, Robert Trent Jones Jr.-designed layouts don’t fit your price range or skill level, there are ample opportunities for seasonal discounts and scenery close to home.

Many courses use fall as a membership drive, offering free play for the remainder of 2014 if you join the club now for 2015. The Meadows in Litchfield, Spring Meadows in Gray, Maple Lane in Livermore and Turner Highlands are among the venues offering that special.

Or how about free golf without that long-term commitment? Bethel Inn Resort offers such a deal for 18 holes this Tuesday, Sept. 30, requiring only an advance tee time and a cart rental.

Call the club nearest you, and they’re bound to be advertising a special for seniors, or ladies, or for unlimited play after a certain hour of the day.

We might not think of the coming weeks as golf season, but business owners for whom Mother Nature furnishes only a small window each year certainly do.

“We’re usually a six-month cycle, May to October,” Niezgoda said. “It was a bit shorter this year. We definitely weren’t ready as early as we usually are.”

Sugarloaf opened June 6 and is scheduled to close Oct. 19.

“That will give us plenty of time to put the golf course to bed properly,” Niezgoda said.

Other courses will play into November, or until the snow flies. A few in the state’s southern corridor have stubbornly opened on New Year’s Day when an absentee snowpack and unseasonable 55-degree temperatures permitted.

This year’s late-arriving spring didn’t give those Cumberland and York County tracks the opportunity to unlock the gates in early March, as they had in recent years. That had a trickle-up economic effect on courses that share their real estate and meteorological pattern with ski resorts.

“The Southern Maine courses weren’t open early, and that influenced us for sure,” Niezgoda said. “A lot of the golfers like to play a few rounds down there and come up here when they start feeling good about their game.

“June was brutal for us, but July, August and September have been rock-solid.”