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Fake Sao Paulo Golf Club Or What Unusual Collection Do You Have?

I've been collecting golf towels for a long time. The rarest is a one-of-a-kind fake Sao Paulo Golf Club towel. What unusual collection do you have?

I've been collecting golf towels for a long time. I like them because they are colorful, have cool logos and say something about the location & scenery.  Also, they are usually about $10-15, so affordable.  Over the years, a lot of family & friends have helped me add to my collection, although I think I picked up the most remote towel myself from the Alice Springs Golf Club in the Outback of the Northern Territories in Australia.   

According to Google Maps, Alice Springs, Australia, is 12,687 miles away from Castro Valley and would take 53 days, 21 hours by car, ferry boat & kayaking across the Pacific Ocean.

A co-worker was in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on business and had hired a taxi all day for $50 (Sao Paulo is about 600 square miles).  He promised me he would pick up a golf towel for me.  He drove to every sporting good store he could find (it was winter in Brazil, so all the golf courses were closed) and all they had was soccer & NFL stuff. After looking for 7 hours, he finally went to an embroidery shop and had them make up a fake Sao Paulo Golf Club towel.  So, I have the rarest of the rare—a one-of-a-kind golf towel.

My brother, Lawrence, was living in France, where they don't play much golf. He took a train, a bus and then walked 5 miles to a private club—Golf de Saint-Cloud. They almost didn't let him into the club because in their French mentallity, they didn't understand why anybody would come all that way just to get a golf towel.

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I've got Golf Towels from: Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, France, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, South Korea & USA - California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee & Utah.

What Unusual Collection Do You Have?  I have a friend who's fridge is completely covered in magnets from places she's visited.  Add yours in comments.

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