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Conference 7.286::golf

Title:	Welcome to the Golf Notes Conference!
Notice:	FOR SALE notes in Note 69 please! Intros in note 863 or 61.
Moderator:	FUNYET::ANDERSON

Created:	Tue Feb 15 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2129
Total number of notes:	21499

1659.0. "Patriot's Day Expedition" by RANGER::GORCZYCA (PATHWORKS/NetWare Product Manager) Mon Mar 22 1993 12:59

YAVQ - 

I'm trying to figure out if I can drive far enough south from Boston, in about
8-12 hours, around April 16th, to find some reasonable weather and conditions
to plan some golf.

Best as I can figure, I might be able to make to to Virginia Beach in about
12+ hours.  So, I guess my questions are:

	a) Is it reasonable to expect 60-70 deg./F days in the Virginia Beach
	   area around April 16-18th?

	b) Is there a "Mecca" in that area for golf (somewhere where you can
	   find a good variety of courses open to the public that cost less
	   than one's "first born" to play...sort of like Myrtle-Beach-north)?

	c) Do I really need to drive that far south, or is Washington far
	   enough south?

	d) If you suggest a "location", could you suggest some courses in the
	   area...and how I might find them (literally...where to find a golf
	   course "map" for Virginia, for example...hmmm suppose I could call
	   if I had the name of a course and the town it was in)?

I know this is asking a lot, but, what the heck...I know you folks are good!

Thanks,
John

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1659.1	Hope you don't have to go far!	CHRLIE::HUSTON		`Mon Mar 22 1993 13:15`	7
	Not an answer to your question, but the SNH golf league is suppose to start the week after that (22nd) so I hope you can find it around here! --Bob
1659.2	Myrtle or Cape Cod	CREATV::63639::Straub	...salsa, selzer...	`Mon Mar 22 1993 15:17`	9
	John, I've been to Myrtle Beach in March and had pretty good weather although the early tee times were sometimes low 30's. Also, most Cape Cod courses should be open... but, if you're serious about 60-70 temps, you'll have to pray to the golf gods. Dave
1659.3		QETOO::POWIS		`Tue Mar 23 1993 07:34`	7
	Last year my wife and I drove down to Virginia Beach in early April to play some golf. If we were to do it again, we'd go further south - maybe Myrtle Beach or even Florida. The courses we played were in a condition similar to what you'd expect in spring in New England - some winter kill, brown grass, mud, etc. The weather was also "flakey"- one day it even snowed (well ok, for about 15 minutes..). We also had rain, and 2 days of sun and mid-50's temps.
1659.4	Maryland shore - Ocean City (env.)	AKOCOA::BREEN	NIT=fun;NCAA=Politics	`Tue Mar 30 1993 15:51`	9
	real quick. I saw an article which talked about the Maryland shore trying to become a Myrtle beach replacement for N.E.,N.Y.,N.J etc golfers who cannot get that far easily. I will try to find it but you could try (from a map) contacting by phone some of the chambers of commerce - try ocean city maryland - for information bill
1659.5	reference Note 1628.0	SIETTG::SMITH	Consulting is the Game	`Wed Mar 31 1993 13:32`	11
	re: .4 Please read my Note# 1628 regarding Ocean City, MD golf. P.S. My scheduled March 15, 16, 17 Golf trip got blizzarded out... But, I'll try to reschedule it for the same place/dates next year. see ya at the 19th, Bob