READER LETTER

Find low-cost golf camaraderie at Shalimar C.C. in Tempe, Arizona

(July 28, 2006) - Regarding your post "Great golf deals: Looking for Pebble Beach in Arizona": Try Shalimar Country Club, a nine-hole public oasis hidden in central Tempe.

It has a USGA-sanctioned golf club for amateurs (men, women and juniors welcomed) aptly named the Shaligusta Golf Club, where bimonthly events are held along with camraderie, including the cross-country scramble, one-club tourney, cross-gender individual event, etc.

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Fees are now $12 for nine holes and soon will be $7. Leagues on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings with a skins game on Thursdays.

John Gunby

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