Conference 7.286::golf

    	I have not gone on a winter golf vacation yet but am thinking
    about it this year.  Febuary or possibly early March.  Myrtle Beach
    seems to be the most popular and economical of all listed.  If you're
    looking for info on winter golf vacations, pick up a copy of one
    of the recent editions of Golf Digest.  There is a lot of plans
    available to all sorts of budgets, some starting as low as $28.00
    a day that includes hotel and 18-hole green fees and breakfast.
    Other plans, have electric carts and dinner included for a higher
    price.
    
                                             Paul W.

You're not  gonna  believe this, but I usually go to Czechoslovakia (sp?) in
spring! There is a place there called Marienbad, which before WW2 used to be
a  health  spa mainly frequented by the upper echelons of European nobility.
When  (let's try again) Czechoslovakia slipped behind the Iron curtain after
the  War, the place was forgotten.  But the golf course and the spa has been
there  all the time, and has now since a couple of years been open to people
from Western Europe.

The golf  course,  which has been there for more than 50 years, is beautiful
an  extremely  well manicured.  It is set among gently rolling wooded hills,
and presents a really good test of one's ability.

The rest of the facility is also worth mentioning.  The place still caters to
the more influential Czechs - which is a guarantee for excellent service and
food.   Since  one brings Western hard currency, you can have a really great
time  for  almost  nothing.   The only thing one has to remember is to bring
lots of golf balls - they arer, if available at all, horribly expensive.

If I  can, I'll probably go there in April next year.

-- Mr. Litby

    
    
    	Why not come to sunny Australia? We get to play golf 12 months
    of the year down here. None of that funny white cold stuff down
    under. In fact you can join a golf club (Country Club to you) for
    around A$500 (approx US$325) and play golf every day of the year
    with NO green fees. The way your dollar is compared to ours it makes
    it a cheap trip (US$0.62 = A$1.00). For a holiday, green fees on
    our top courses would run between A$10 - A$20. After all Australia
    is where Greg Norman learnt to play and he ain't half bad! Also
    if you time it right you can see us keep the Americas Cup!

Re: .3

Welcome, Mr Bolton!

Great to  hear  a voice from down under - looks like word is spreading about
this  notes file.  Let's hope some more Aussies join in - for that matter, I
wouldn't  mind  seeing  some  other Europeans beside myself writing notes in
this file...

-- Mr. Litby

    	Here, here!!!
    	I'm also glad to welcome you to this conference Mr. Bolton.
    I would love to play in Australia and if I can ever afford it, I
    will certainly let you know.  You may be able to help us get thru
    the winter with some of your stories and accounts of your rounds
    during the winter.  Please keep us informed.
    
                                                   Paul W.     

    Ah yes and we must remember our winter is his summer. Also isn't
    Christmas time when everyone in Austrialia packs up and leaves for
    about 2 or 3 weeks (wouldn't that be nice).
    
    Roger
    

    
    	First of all folks, my apologies for causing all the formality
    of "Mr. Bolton" - I neglected to add my first name. Call me John,
    please. You're right, your winter is our summer, but our winter
    permits us to play golf all year round - it is a very cold Saturday
    when the temperature gets to below 50 degrees F. And you are right
    again, we do pack up and leave at Xmas time - I am in fact taking
    three weeks vacation myself and heading of to South Australia (
    I currently live in New South Wales - Sydney) for a Xmas with my
    familly and lots of golf. I would like to be able to say that I
    will be thinking of you and all that snow but I will probably be
    too busy keeping my head down and my left arm straight - got to
    get on top of my slice somehow.
    
    		John.