LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Pacific Grove has
GolfCalifornia.com
reader feeling thrifty

(Sept. 9, 2005) - My wife and I had the opportunity to play Pacific Grove Golf Links last year while spending a few days in the Monterey area. We paid more for some other daily fee courses in the area -- and received good value and

• Monterey golf for the masses: Sure Pebble Beach is awesome, but plenty of other options await • No Gas: Forget the over-hyped downtown Gaslamp, La Jolla stands as the best base for a satisfying San Diego golf trip • The Links at Spanish Bay offers golfers a long, leisurely day at the beach

enjoyed those rounds. But Pacific Grove was the inexpensive treat that we remember best.

My first impression of the front nine was similar to your article, but the wait was more than worth it. And several of those first nine holes were demanding enough ... and at least there were the deer to keep us amused.

I grew up in a household of parents who were depression-era children, who learned early how to squeeze as much out of a buck as possible. They aren't rolling in their graves because of our expense for Pacific Grove, but they sure would be for many of the other $200+ rounds that we could've been playing that day.

Lee Doble

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