The problem with California isn't the weather heaven sake. Its the cost of everything and the fact that California is a long way from a lot of other cool stuff. I think if I had to go for a 36 hole facility it would be near London. I like its position to Europe much more than I like California's position to Las Vegas and Melbourne's position to, well, nowhere if you get my drift. All that said, I would rather belong to Woking then the 36 hole clubs round London and California doesn't seem such a bad place to be marooned if you have the dosh.
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