| Many golfers in northern climates may
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| | three reasons. Average November high
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| think the season is over. Or at least
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| | temperature is 71 degrees and San Antonio
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| until that next business trip or
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| | city leaders are aggressively courting
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| Thanksgiving vacation. Living in
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| | golf vacationers to visit their courses.
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| Colorado, I've played in all types of
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| | To compete with golf destinations like
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| conditions to quench my thirst for the
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| | Myrtle Beach, Phoenix and Scottsdale, San
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| links. Since I can't guarantee when that
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| | Antonio combines classy courses with
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| one sunny November day in the Twin Cities
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| | skimpy green's fees.
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| or Boston will be I've limited my
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| | Check out La Cantera Palmer Course,
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| suggestions to warmer climates.
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| | outside of San Antonio in the Texas Hill
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| There are three reasons why golf in
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| | Country. Designed by Arnold Palmer, this
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| November is ideal.
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| | course has two signature holes. The first
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| First, rates are cheaper. In Phoenix and
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| | is hole #7, The Rattler, featuring a
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| the Valley of the Sun, it's early season
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| | rattlesnake-shape bunker on the left side
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| and greens fees are still good. You can
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| | and a cliff side tee shot eighty-feet
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| play while visiting retired parents. If
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| | above the fairway. The second is hole
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| there are a couple of famed courses on
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| | #12, where the green is guarded by a
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| your must play-before-I-die list,
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| | natural waterfall and creek.
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| November is the time to look for more
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| | November also is Thanksgiving month. The
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| affordable rates.
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| | four-day weekend provides a great
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| Second, golf courses are not as busy.
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| | opportunity to get away with the family
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| Peak tourist season has not hit Panama
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| | or your buddies for 36 holes. And you'll
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| City or Orlando. So you won't have to
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| | be back in time to shovel snow on Sunday.
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| spend half your time sitting in a golf
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| | Orlando has challenging courses in the
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| cart.
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| | shadow of the Disney kingdom. This is an
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| Third, the weather is better. In Miami
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| | ideal locale to combine family time and
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| it's after hurricane season. Courses
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| | golf time. Celebration (near Disney and
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| haven't been hacked up and the winter
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| | Kissimee) is an upscale daily-fee resort
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| grass has come in. Hotel rates are very
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| | course that exudes an atmosphere of
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| reasonable, too. When playing golf in New
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| | beautiful tranquil, fun and challenging
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| Orleans you won't have to wring out your
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| | golf in Orlando. Conveniently located in
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| clothes after you get off the course.
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| | Kissimmee near I-4 and just off Hwy. 192,
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| Humidity is down, course conditions are
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| | you'll never know you're in the heart of
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| perfect.
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| | Orlando's tourist district and only
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| And don't forget San Francisco and its
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| | minutes away from Disney World.
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| famously bizarre weather patterns. Tee
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| | And if you're in Afghanistan this
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| off in early November and you may think
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| | November it is easy to find a course as
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| its June anywhere else. Courses may be a
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| | there is only one. The Kabul Golf Club
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| little dry, but the fog has cleared.
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| | course has no grass and is billed as a
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| Houston, like New Orleans and Atlanta,
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| | desert-style course. The greens are
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| boasts low humidity and perfect course
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| | called "browns", a tightly packed
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| conditions.
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| | combination of oil and sand. The owner
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| A course that has been very popular
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| | refuses to close the nine-hole course
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| lately in the Houston area is Longwood
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| | despite the fact they have only seven
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| Golf Club in Cypress, Texas. They just
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| | golf balls and it's in the middle of a
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| completed redeveloping the Post Oak 9 and
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| | country with one of the lowest GDP's in
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| you've got to get out and play it.
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| | the world. "People need to play golf," he
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| Designed by former touring pro Keith
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| | said. And how!
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| Fergus and Harry Yewens, this Houston
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| | People do need to play golf. This
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| area 27-holer is rated among the top five
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| | November, get out there and hit few and
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| daily fee courses in the Houston area.
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| | have fun.
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| San Antonio is good in November for all
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