{"id":569,"date":"2009-10-27T13:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/?p=569"},"modified":"2015-08-21T13:27:36","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T17:27:36","slug":"golfing-in-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/golfstinks.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/golfing-in-arizona.html","title":{"rendered":"Golfing in Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_UCQorYjQwqs\/SueHkJ4si8I\/AAAAAAAAAEI\/ixrs70C7OIg\/s1600-h\/course2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_UCQorYjQwqs\/SueHkJ4si8I\/AAAAAAAAAEI\/ixrs70C7OIg\/s200\/course2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"152\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Golfing in Arizona is the most amazing thing this time of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The weather is perfect. No one is passing out from 115-degree temps. The snowbirds have not yet arrived so the courses are not crammed with oldsters. Prices are extraordinary. 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