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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

1759.0. "Courses around Tampa" by CHEFS::ALLAN () Mon Aug 16 1993 13:02

    I am going to Florida over Christmas for three weeks and would like to
    play while out there. I am staying with friends in the Tampa area.
    
    I hope to play on the Macdill Airforce base course but is there
    anywhere else that anyone would recommend.  Bearing in mind that I will
    have only been playing for 6 months by that time.
    
    Also would I need to take my own clubs or is it easy to hire some, I
    have found it a bit of a problem over here as I need left-handed ladies
    ones.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1759.1	Check other notes, and bring them!	FSOA::DIAZ	Octavio, Business Dev. FPPS CBU	`Mon Aug 16 1993 17:35`	32
	Re: <<< Note 1759.0 by CHEFS::ALLAN >>> You don't have to worry about golf courses in Florida. Is the state in the US with the most. I think there are other notes who cover the Tampa area. Do a DIR/TITLE=FLORIDA or DIR/TITLE=TAMPA to find them. And as a fellow leftie and since you'll be in Florida for a long period (i.e. not overnight) I definitely recommend that you bring your clubs. I have gone to well established courses just to find out they don't have left-handed clubs or they are in very poor condition, or they only have on set is is already out. And leftie women clubs have to be even worse. Last year I had a one day meeting in Ayr, and was able to schedule a day vacation after and play Royal Troon. There was no way I was going to risk having no or bad clubs in that event, even if it meant carrying the clubs around Europe for the rest of the trip. Since there have been many notes here about clubs being significantly cheaper in the US than in Europe, and an alternative is to buy clubs locally. /OLD
1759.2		MSBCS::VARLEY		`Tue Aug 24 1993 13:37`	3
	Tavo, how good is that back 9 at Royal Troon ? __Jack
1759.3		FSOA::DIAZ	Octavio, Business Dev. FPPS CBU	`Fri Sep 03 1993 19:04`	17
	Re: <<< Note 1759.2 by MSBCS::VARLEY >>> Jack, (Some delay in responding due to vacation) The back nine is not as scenic as the front, since it's mostly on the inside, i.e. not along the coast, but that make's it more difficult to set up your tee shot. The experience of playing a true links course was humbling. Since it was late in the year, the course was almost empty and I played by myself. I had no one to give me any insight on the course and there were many times that it was difficult to figure out where the fairway was and you miss it and add an extra stroke since bunkers and rough (actually wiry bushes) were murder! Anyone needs some help in Ayr, I need more punishment!