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I will be in Destin Florida for the week of thanksgiving and would like to play golf sometime during the week.

Are there and cheap courses or short courses (either par 3 or 9 hole course) in the area to try out. I doesn't have to be the best course just something with decent greens to have fun on.

Thanks in advance.

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If you don't mind driving over the Panama City, Signal Hill is cheap, short and pretty fun. Typical FL municipal style course.

I played Kelly Plantation in Destin back in June. It's a private course. Nicest I've played but very tough. Fun though. Huge greens and one hole goes right along the sound.

Destin's a pretty ritzy place so it may be tough to find one for cheap. There's a several resort courses there though.

This is also off season so you should be able to get a good rate.

Kevin

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There is crappy place called Golf Garden. Waste of time and money. Take the extra time and go to a real course. You can get some good rates at Baytowne/Raven or Regatta Bay these days.

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If you don't mind driving across the bay and you have to pay a toll but, Bluewater Bay is a decent place for not that much I would image that time of year it would be pretty cheap. It has four different nines instead of two eighteens. I personally like the Lake and Marsh courses the best but the magnolia is not to bad.

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The Eglin AFB course is outstanding for the money. Many military courses have been opened to civilians in the past 5 years so there's a better than even chance you'll be able to get on to play it. Dig around on the site or call the pro shop for the answer. You can't get a better 36 holes for the price.

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