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I'm not sure I qualify, but if you're including ALL of PA, I guess I'm in. I'm in the chimney part of PA, of course.

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Wikipedia counts Virginia to ny. Everywhere I looked seems to have a different idea of what mid Atlantic is.

Dan

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When I log in to my aaa.com account, it routes automatically me to midatlantic.aaa.com.  Those are my credentials for joining.

I'd have been certain that VA is included in "mid-atlantic" but e-how sites the Census bureau as defining only as New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.  (http://www.ehow.com/info_8124434_states-midatlantic-states.html)

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When I log in to my aaa.com account, it routes automatically me to midatlantic.aaa.com.  Those are my credentials for joining.

I'd have been certain that VA is included in "mid-atlantic" but e-how sites the Census bureau as defining only as New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.  (http://www.ehow.com/info_8124434_states-midatlantic-states.html)

So it looks like PA is the only state that everyone agrees in Mid-Atlantic?  So Erik, in the chimney part of PA, about 400 miles from the Atlantic, is more legit than most of us.

Actually, if you google-image search "mid-atlantic" you'll find maps showing NY to MD, PA to VA, and MD to GA.  One even just shows Iceland, but I think that's something else.

Dan

:tmade: R11s 10.5*, Adila RIP Phenom 60g Stiff
:ping: G20 3W
:callaway: Diablo 3H
:ping:
i20 4-U, KBS Tour Stiff
:vokey: Vokey SM4 54.14 
:vokey: Vokey :) 58.11

:scotty_cameron: Newport 2
:sunmountain: Four 5

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Charlottesville Va here.  I am always looking to play with new people and find fun courses to play in the area.  I like the VSGA card, just have to get out and use it more!

Name is Derrick by the way, good to meet you guys..I dont post on here much, more of just a lurker. :-)

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Charlottesville Va here.  I am always looking to play with new people and find fun courses to play in the area.  I like the VSGA card, just have to get out and use it more!

Name is Derrick by the way, good to meet you guys..I dont post on here much, more of just a lurker. :-)

Welcome to the forum!

I've been down to Charlottesville a couple of times for softball tournaments at UVA.  Its a beautiful place and we always had a blast.  Except for the drive.  It was MUCH further from DC than I expected.

Dan

:tmade: R11s 10.5*, Adila RIP Phenom 60g Stiff
:ping: G20 3W
:callaway: Diablo 3H
:ping:
i20 4-U, KBS Tour Stiff
:vokey: Vokey SM4 54.14 
:vokey: Vokey :) 58.11

:scotty_cameron: Newport 2
:sunmountain: Four 5

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FWIW, Barack Obama's kids go to a school in the Mid Atlantic Conference (Sidwell Friends): http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_Athletic_Conference Schools in the MAC School Mascot Location Flint Hill School Huskies Oakton, Virginia Georgetown Day Mighty Hoppers Washington, D.C. Maret School Frogs Washington, D.C. The Potomac School Panthers McLean, Virginia Sidwell Friends School Quakers Washington, D.C. St. Andrew's Episcopal School Lions Potomac, Maryland St. James School Saints St. James, Maryland

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hmmm... must be the only Mountaineer here.....thanks for the invite, and welcome any/all for a round here in WV(Eastern Panhandle).. we have a few nice courses locally: The Woods/Locust Hills/Sleepy Hollow and my Favorite Cacapon State Park..very loooong,a Robert Trents Jones, Sr. golf course. very nice. Thanks once again

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I played Locust Hills a year or two ago, nice track and a great price.

Dan

:tmade: R11s 10.5*, Adila RIP Phenom 60g Stiff
:ping: G20 3W
:callaway: Diablo 3H
:ping:
i20 4-U, KBS Tour Stiff
:vokey: Vokey SM4 54.14 
:vokey: Vokey :) 58.11

:scotty_cameron: Newport 2
:sunmountain: Four 5

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Wellcome @CallawayJ !

Your post made me think of something that might interest you and some others here.

I am a member of a USGA governed club that is not associated with any particular course--I guess you could call it an online golf club.  There is a larger DC area club, but some of us created an offshoot a couple years ago because the larger club had hundreds of members and maybe only a dozen people that would show up.  Its really just a group of guys that get together once a month at courses around the area, mostly northern Virginia.  I think the dues are $25 a year, which just goes towards trophies for the "majors" and you have to get a subscription to ushandicap.com which costs about the same.

If anyone here is interested in joining the club, send me a PM and I'll introduce you to the guys who are running the show.

Dan

:tmade: R11s 10.5*, Adila RIP Phenom 60g Stiff
:ping: G20 3W
:callaway: Diablo 3H
:ping:
i20 4-U, KBS Tour Stiff
:vokey: Vokey SM4 54.14 
:vokey: Vokey :) 58.11

:scotty_cameron: Newport 2
:sunmountain: Four 5

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Staunton, VA here. Looking for new people to play with. My friends are broke

next time I head out to Moorefield to play with my pal, I'll let you know  and you can slip over...takes me 90 min to get there from here, but worth the drive....

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