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Was planning a three month winter golf vacation,  but our Canadian dollar really sucks … Looking for some location  not to expensive… If there is such a thing…   fore ! Joel

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Was planning a three month winter golf vacation,  but our Canadian dollar really sucks … Looking for some location  not to expensive… If there is such a thing…   fore ! Joel Lots of courses here in Palm Coast, FL.  Lots of Canadians come here. Nice in-town hotel has rates in the $60 a day range. Great climate during the winter – . Want details?  Phone if you’d like. 800 XXX-XXXX George Hibbard Thats SPAM, George, and you know it. You deliberately give the poster *your* phone number, not the Tourist Bureau or a link such as http://www.floridanetlink.com/flagler.htm Don’t give us the innocent " I was only trying to help" bullshit either, because that won’t fly. All this does is prove once again that your only reason for your presence on this newsgroup is to SPAM for customers.

What a sick reaction! I have zero interests in PC for vacationers!  Sick. I DO have personal experience in this area to fill in the blanks. I’m quite sure the poster could easily access bureaus, etc. What on earth do you imagine I have to gain by offering the kind of help requested? Sick.

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Was planning a three month winter golf vacation,  but our Canadian dollar really sucks … Looking for some location  not to expensive… If there is such a thing…  

Joel, try Myrtle Beach, South Carolina area. Not as warm as Florida but usually comfortable for Canadians. We have found package deals for $245 Canadian for 7 nights in a one bedroom condo on the golf course including greens fees (7) at our choice of 30 courses, carts extra ($20). This price was for two people! Taxes were extra. Good Luck Robert

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Thanks Jim. may be just what we are looking for… Never thought of going inland… fore!! j – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Might do a search on Sebring Fl and Golf.  Golf is less expensive inland away for the Beach.  A number of places have great golf packages. Jim (Lives on a Golf Course in Sebring) Was planning a three month winter golf vacation,  but our Canadian dollar really sucks … Looking for some location  not to expensive… If there is such a thing…   fore ! Joel

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Thats SPAM, George, and you know it. You deliberately give the poster *your* phone number, not the Tourist Bureau or a link such as http://www.floridanetlink.com/flagler.htm What a sick reaction! I have zero interests in PC for vacationers!  Sick. I DO have personal experience in this area to fill in the blanks. I’m quite sure the poster could easily access bureaus, etc. What on earth do you imagine I have to gain by offering the kind of help requested? Sick.

You have 100% interest in any golfer/vacationer coming to Florida, or you really are an idiot.  You have one more student to gain by offering your phone number. That would help, George.  Then maybe you could take an hour off, at least one day, from posting to RSG.  You’d be a real teacher, with a real student.   ___,     o        |       /      . "Someone likes every shot" bk

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Was planning a three month winter golf vacation,  but our Canadian dollar really sucks … Looking for some location  not to expensive… If there is such a thing…   fore ! Joel Lots of courses here in Palm Coast, FL.  Lots of Canadians come here. Nice in-town hotel has rates in the $60 a day range. Great climate during the winter – . Want details?  Phone if you’d like. 800 XXX-XXXX George Hibbard Thats SPAM, George, and you know it. You deliberately give the poster *your* phone number, not the Tourist Bureau or a link such as http://www.floridanetlink.com/flagler.htm Don’t give us the innocent " I was only trying to help" bullshit either, because that won’t fly. All this does is prove once again that your only reason for your presence on this newsgroup is to SPAM for customers.

He’s absolutely shameless.  Anything to promote himself. The man is devoid of anything faintly resembling integrity.  Hard to believe, but apparently true.  What a sad case.  Desperate, really. Grasping, all the time.   Anyone who does business with him absolutely deserves whatever they get.

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Was planning a three month winter golf vacation,  but our Canadian dollar really sucks … Looking for some location  not to expensive… If there is such a thing…  

Three months is a long time! The usual tourist traps like Fla., and Myrtle Beach will cost you one way or another. The Gulf coast can also cost you; courses in the winter suck but they still charge high green fees (they think 60 bucks for a round of golf is a bargain!). You might want to look at the Robert Trent Jones courses in Alabama. You could just move around. If you drove along I-20 from Atlanta to the dreaded Metroplex, you could probably find all the golf you could ever want, with maybe a little help from locals who post here. Rob — Service is the rent we pay for being RSG Masters 2002 ( http://home.att.net/~janellenrob/RSG-MS_02.html ) RSG Masters 2003 ( http://home.att.net/~janellenrob/RSG-MS-03P.html )

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Thanks Frost back, Thank you for the reply and the suggestions , We will most likely drive around central Florida and have a couple of weeks at different locations.  If we just get in about two rounds a week that will be enough… We can sightsee the rest of the time… fore! j – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Was planning a three month winter golf vacation,  but our Canadian dollar really sucks … Looking for some location  not to expensive… If there is such a thing…   Three months is a long time! The usual tourist traps like Fla., and Myrtle Beach will cost you one way or another. The Gulf coast can also cost you; courses in the winter suck but they still charge high green fees (they think 60 bucks for a round of golf is a bargain!). You might want to look at the Robert Trent Jones courses in Alabama. You could just move around. If you drove along I-20 from Atlanta to the dreaded Metroplex, you could probably find all the golf you could ever want, with maybe a little help from locals who post here. Rob

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If you are a senior, you can play all of the golf you can stand ( during the weekdays) on decent courses for $25.00 to $35.00 including a cart in and around Houston TX.  For accommodations,  I’d try some of the newer "long stay" motel/apartments that seem to be rising everywhere here. They advertise rates that are attractive on a weekly basis for furnished apartments. I’ve never been inside of one, but some are in good locations. One name of a "long stay" place is Extended Stay America http://www.extendedstay.com  .   Weather here is usually in the 60’s during the short Winter.  All of the conveniences and problems of American’s fourth largest city is a short drive away. Another location is Waterwood National in Huntsville TX.  It is a Pete Dye course about 40 miles North of Houston. They have condos etc. for rent and a fine golf course to play. However, after playing golf, I don’t know what else there would be to do all day and night. It is lost in the piney woods. If you like fishing, it is located on a large lake; ( Lake Livingston). Hope this helps. — RichG –

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Is anyone in Texas still taking the CDN $ at par ?

These Texans can be gullible at times, but they are not *that* gullible!!!!!! I do believe that at one time there were a couple fo resorts/courses taking the CAN$ at par to encourage winter tourism.  A friend of mine was down there some years ago, and he said it was the cheapest golf on some of the nicest courses he had ever played.  I guess the folks at the courses were really good too when they learned he had come all the way from Canada to play there – brought him out beer etc – very friendly. I know that a couple of courses in Michigan do so from time to time, usually in the spring. — David RSG Roll Call http://rec-sport-golf.com/members?rollcall=sneddond email: dsneddon AT cogeco DOT ca

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Depending on just how warm and how far south you want… southeast Washington has a lot of nice courses that you can play for about $15 to $25. (I think that’s about $500-$750 Canadian)  It’s currently 50 degrees, and I’m going to get in a round as soon as it reaches 55 in a couple hours.

And… there are courses in Northwest Washington that take CDN$ at par all year long. Bob

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Is anyone in Texas still taking the CDN $ at par ?

[snip] Don’t you love it when you get to answer your own posts See http://snowbirds.org/csanews/issues/44/32.html

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Is anyone in Texas still taking the CDN $ at par ? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – If you are a senior, you can play all of the golf you can stand ( during the weekdays) on decent courses for $25.00 to $35.00 including a cart in and around Houston TX.  For accommodations,  I’d try some of the newer "long stay" motel/apartments that seem to be rising everywhere here. They advertise rates that are attractive on a weekly basis for furnished apartments. I’ve never been inside of one, but some are in good locations. One name of a "long stay" place is Extended Stay America http://www.extendedstay.com  .   Weather here is usually in the 60’s during the short Winter.  All of the conveniences and problems of American’s fourth largest city is a short drive away. Another location is Waterwood National in Huntsville TX.  It is a Pete Dye course about 40 miles North of Houston. They have condos etc. for rent and a fine golf course to play. However, after playing golf, I don’t know what else there would be to do all day and night. It is lost in the piney woods. If you like fishing, it is located on a large lake; ( Lake Livingston). Hope this helps. — RichG – Was planning a three month winter golf vacation,  but our Canadian dollar really sucks … Looking for some location  not to expensive… If there is such a thing…   fore ! Joel

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Is anyone in Texas still taking the CDN $ at par ?

Good question.  Five years ago or so I recall one resort in San Antonio was, as well as a few places in Laughlin, Nevada. Lumpy.

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Is anyone in Texas still taking the CDN $ at par ?

…for monopoly money….. I don’t think anyone in Texas would know what you were giving them if you gave them Canadian money. ;^) Rob — Service is the rent we pay for being RSG Masters 2002 ( http://home.att.net/~janellenrob/RSG-MS_02.html ) RSG Masters 2003 ( http://home.att.net/~janellenrob/RSG-MS-03P.html )

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Was planning a three month winter golf vacation,  but our Canadian dollar really sucks … Looking for some location  not to expensive… If there is such a thing…  

Depending on just how warm and how far south you want… southeast Washington has a lot of nice courses that you can play for about $15 to $25. (I think that’s about $500-$750 Canadian)  It’s currently 50 degrees, and I’m going to get in a round as soon as it reaches 55 in a couple hours. Eliyahu

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You’d be hard pressed to find a place in this neck of the woods (Palmetto’s) that charge $60.00 in the winter. Jim

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Check Jacksonville, Florida area. Some great public golf, without the high prices. And Jacksonville is not as touristy as Orlando, Miami, etc.  I really enjoyed the area.  Another area I liked was Ocala.  Several good courses, also removed from Orlando and Miami.  Jacksonville has much more to do, though, as far as entertainment and dining, etc.  As for Alabama, check out Eric’s post on his mini-RSG outing.

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Was planning a three month winter golf vacation,  but our Canadian dollar really sucks … Looking for some location  not to expensive… If there is such a thing…   fore ! Joel

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Was planning a three month winter golf vacation,  but our Canadian dollar really sucks … Looking for some location  not to expensive… If there is such a thing…   fore ! Joel

Lots of courses here in Palm Coast, FL.  Lots of Canadians come here.  Nice in-town hotel has rates in the $60 a day range. Great climate during the winter – . Want details?  Phone if you’d like. 800 226-9326. George Hibbard – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Was planning a three month winter golf vacation,  but our Canadian dollar really sucks … Looking for some location  not to expensive… If there is such a thing…   fore ! Joel Lots of courses here in Palm Coast, FL.  Lots of Canadians come here. Nice in-town hotel has rates in the $60 a day range. Great climate during the winter – . Want details?  Phone if you’d like. 800 XXX-XXXX George Hibbard

Thats SPAM, George, and you know it. You deliberately give the poster *your* phone number, not the Tourist Bureau or a link such as http://www.floridanetlink.com/flagler.htm Don’t give us the innocent " I was only trying to help" bullshit either, because that won’t fly. All this does is prove once again that your only reason for your presence on this newsgroup is to SPAM for customers. — David RSG Roll Call http://rec-sport-golf.com/members?rollcall=sneddond email: dsneddon AT cogeco DOT ca

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Might do a search on Sebring Fl and Golf.  Golf is less expensive inland away for the Beach.  A number of places have great golf packages. Jim (Lives on a Golf Course in Sebring)

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Might do a search on Sebring Fl and Golf.  Golf is less expensive inland away for the Beach.  A number of places have great golf packages. Jim (Lives on a Golf Course in Sebring) Was planning a three month winter golf vacation,  but our Canadian dollar really sucks … Looking for some location  not to expensive… If there is such a thing…  

I played a round at PGA Village in Port St. Lucie, Florida.  There are 4 courses there, 2 by Pete Dye and 2 by Tom and Jim Fazio.  The summer rates were quite cheap (I was there in July) but the winter rates are, of course, higher.  Check out the link below to see if it fits into your price range: http://www.golfpacpgavillage.com/PGAVILL/index.cfm.html/action/packag… packages.cfm/

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