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