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« Reply #25 on: January 30, 2009, 08:30:55 AM » |
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Hey all, I was reading the Jan issue of Golf Digest and there is an article in the travel section by the "Frugal golfer". It says that most places he called, simply by asking gently would get the resorts to reduce the price half of the time. He says when the operator he was talking to would give him the price, he simply stated that it was more than he wanted to pay and could they do any better. Sometimes they were able to work it based on tee times or days they played. If somebody wants to take charge on this, maybe we can get people to commit fully and we can get lodging and golf packages? So far, we are talking about playing Cypress Ridge or Chalk Mountain (or maybe a different course) on Saturday and Monarch Dunes on Sunday. Some of us stayed at the Sea Crest last year in Pismo and it was a decent place for a decent price. I just did a quick search on Expedia and the Sea Crest looks like it's just over $100 a night for two nights (25% off for a two night stay). It looks like staying in the Santa Maria or Lompoc area is cheaper, but doesn't give you the beach access that Pismo has. Has anyone ever used www.golfpactravel.com? It looks like they only deal with San Diego and Palm Springs in Cali. |
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« Reply #26 on: January 30, 2009, 08:35:08 AM » |
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I know a travel agent here , I will ask if she can help.
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« Reply #27 on: January 30, 2009, 08:52:38 AM » |
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I did a search and found this web site: http://www.golfguideweb.com |
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« Reply #28 on: February 04, 2009, 05:01:29 AM » |
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Only 2 more months until Jockos! Oh, and golf...  Dave |
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« Reply #29 on: February 04, 2009, 09:03:13 AM » |
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Only 2 more months until Jockos! Oh, and golf... Dave I'm ready. I can taste that steak and I need to get even with Monarch Dunes, that place scalped all of us except Brian. |
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« Reply #30 on: February 04, 2009, 09:23:25 AM » |
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I'm ready. I can taste that steak and I need to get even with Monarch Dunes, that place scalped all of us except Brian.
I second that... |
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« Reply #31 on: February 04, 2009, 09:39:17 AM » |
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I second that...
And excuse my poor manners Scott, but it was a pleasure seeing you and meeting your wife down here. Next time we will do Mt Woodson. |
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« Reply #32 on: February 04, 2009, 07:46:10 PM » |
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And excuse my poor manners Scott, but it was a pleasure seeing you and meeting your wife down here. Next time we will do Mt Woodson.
No worries. I was hoping to have some decent pics from your course, but I wasn't manning the camera and my wife put the camera away after I shanked two shots (the only two) while she was recording my swing.... It was good seeing some familiar faces (you and Sam) and meeting your wife as well. |
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« Reply #33 on: February 04, 2009, 08:00:38 PM » |
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Show of hands: who's planning to make it to the get together this year?  Dave |
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« Reply #35 on: February 04, 2009, 08:49:01 PM » |
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April 4th and 5th 2009 central california coast saturday round open to suggestions, Saturday night at Jocko's. Sunday Grand Finale at Monarch Dunes in Nipomo. That is all. Some of these are tenative at this time 1)kamtile 2)ekcoupe 3)The Geek 4)Svonhoff 5)Davet319 6)henryhawk 7)Horsepowergolf 8}cashman 9)chtw 10)Richard Nydam 11)Hungsolo 12) 13) From Partyoffore 1)maddogosp 2)winegu 3)coldfeet 4)tommy 5)dougly 6)SWBS Jon 7)smackdaddy 8)dcherif 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) From WRX 1)the duck 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7)  9) here is the most up to date list. I am sure there will be more signing up as well as some dropping off, but it looks like a great turnout can be expected. Any help I can get bumping the thread on WRX would be appreciated. It gets buried in their double secret sub forums very quickly. |
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« Reply #36 on: February 04, 2009, 09:01:12 PM » |
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How about a finger instead of a hand?   I am up in the air about which day (or could be days) at this point, but should be able to play |
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« Reply #37 on: February 04, 2009, 09:06:09 PM » |
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How about a finger instead of a hand? I am up in the air about which day (or could be days) at this point, but should be able to play Yikes, I forgot FGI, sorry Brian. |
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« Reply #38 on: February 04, 2009, 09:15:55 PM » |
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Yikes, I forgot FGI, sorry Brian.
You can put me under GD if you'd like, doesn't matter |
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« Reply #39 on: February 04, 2009, 09:20:09 PM » |
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April 4th and 5th 2009 central california coast saturday round open to suggestions, Saturday night at Jocko's. Sunday Grand Finale at Monarch Dunes in Nipomo. That is all. Some of these are tenative at this time 1)kamtile 2)ekcoupe 3)The Geek 4)Svonhoff 5)Davet319 6)henryhawk 7)Horsepowergolf 8}cashman 9)chtw 10)Richard Nydam 11)Hungsolo 12) 13) From Partyoffore 1)maddogosp 2)winegu 3)coldfeet 4)tommy 5)dougly 6)SWBS Jon 7)smackdaddy 8)dcherif 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) From WRX 1)the duck 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 9) From FGI 1)Livegolf 2)Time4tim 3)thor73 4)thor guest 5)thorguest 6)cashman 7)ben 9) 10) 11) 12) OK this is fairly complaete and current. We still have BSG and GEA to report. |
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« Reply #40 on: February 05, 2009, 03:16:38 PM » |
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I just got off the phone with Brian at Cypress ridge and they are punching greens the 7th and 8th of april, thats after our weekend. They also have a clear calender for saturday the 4th (no tourneys) so do we all agree on Cypress ridge for our saturday round?
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« Reply #41 on: February 05, 2009, 03:26:22 PM » |
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I will play wherever the consensus is. I have not played many of the courses down there, so if most think it's good, it's fine with me.
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« Reply #42 on: February 05, 2009, 03:45:46 PM » |
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Sounds good to me. Actually, the two courses are very close to each other.
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« Reply #43 on: February 05, 2009, 04:03:29 PM » |
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bah...why's this have to be 4hrs away.
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« Reply #44 on: February 05, 2009, 04:10:51 PM » |
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bah...why's this have to be 4hrs away.
Its not a bad drive, nice scenery and if you get out of LA before the lunch traffic its a breeze. |
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« Reply #45 on: February 05, 2009, 05:12:05 PM » |
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well put me down as like 15%.
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« Reply #46 on: February 05, 2009, 05:15:42 PM » |
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well put me down as like 15%.
I would say you could carpool with Keith, but if his wife goes as well, somebody would be sitting on somebody's lap for 4 hours....  |
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« Reply #47 on: February 05, 2009, 08:02:54 PM » |
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Hey Keith! If that's me listed under FGI, thanks! If not, put me down (on the list please! ) under GD or FGI - your choice! I'm planning to make both days and may be down early enough to get a round in on Friday the 3rd in the late morning or early afternoon. Keep me posted if others want to try to get a Friday round in also! I've been planning on it since last year!! Great fun!  Looking forward to seeing the alumni group from the First Annual outing last year and all the neewbies this year!  Oh, almost forgot, and Jocko's! I missed that gluttonous experience last year!  Take care! |
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« Reply #48 on: February 05, 2009, 08:41:26 PM » |
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bah...why's this have to be 4hrs away.
10 miles away can be 4 hours in LA traffic. Kamtile, count me out of this. There is no way I am going to make it up there. |
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« Reply #49 on: February 05, 2009, 08:46:45 PM » |
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Saw this in my NCGA magazine today: http://www.monarchdunes.com/ncgaNCGA and SCGA members are able to play the 12 hole par 3 course before or after our round at Monarch Dunes for $10. |
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