Great story and fantastic gesture on his part. You must have really made an impression.
Talk about being in the right place at the right time !

We've done 6-7 Orlando golf trips over the last 10 years and I looked hard at Tampa last year (partly for the cigar reason lol) but we went back to Orlando.
I'm making a mental note to hit you up the next time we talk about going to find out where to play and stay in Tampa.