Fifty More Places to Play Golf Before You Die Golf Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations

by Santella, Chris

• ISBN13: 9781584797937
• ISBN10: 1584797932
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary

In this beautiful guide, golf experts reveal their picks for fifty more of the world's greatest golf courses to author Chris Santella. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Chris Santella is a freelance writer and marketing consultant based in Portland, Oregon. A regular contributor to the New York Times and Forbes.com, he has also contributed to the New Yorker, Travel & Leisure, Golf, and Delta Sky. Santella is the author of five other titles in the “Fifty Places” series, as well as Fifty Favorite Fly-Fishing Tales . 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 8
Foreword	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
Alberta: Jasper Park Golf Club	p. 17
Arizona: Talking Stick (South Course)	p. 20
Australia-Perth: Golf Club at Kennedy Bay	p. 24
Australia-Tasmania: Barnbougle Dunes	p. 27
British Columbia: Capilano Golf and Country Club	p. 31
California-Moorpark: Rustic Canyon Golf Course	p. 35
California-Pebble Beach: Cypress Point Club	p. 39
California-San Francisco: Harding Park	p. 43
China-Kunming: Spring City Golf and Lake Resort	p. 48
China-Lijiang: Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Golf Club	p. 51
England-Southport: Merseyside	p. 57
England-Westward Ho!: Royal North Devon	p. 60
France-Corsica: Sperone Golf Club	p. 63
France-Greater Paris: Chantilly and Fontainebleau	p. 67
Hawaii-Big Island: Mauna Kea	p. 73
Hawaii-Kauai: Princeville	p. 77
Hungary: Driving the Danube	p. 81
Illinois: The Glen Club	p. 87
Indonesia: Nirwana Bali Golf Course	p. 91
Ireland-Enniscrone: Enniscrone Golf Club	p. 94
Ireland-Kinsale: Old Head Golf Links	p. 99
Italy: Bogogno Golf Club	p. 103
Jamaica: White Witch	p. 106
Japan: Hirono Golf Club	p. 109
Maryland: Congressional Country Club (Blue Course)	p. 113
Massachusetts: Farm Neck Golf Club	p. 118
Mexico-Jalisco: El Tamarindo	p. 121
Mexico-Playa del Carmen: El Camaleón at Mayakoba	p. 125
Michigan: Bay Harbor and Beyond	p. 129
New Brunswick: Algonquin Golf Club	p. 135
New Mexico: Black Mesa Golf Club	p. 139
New York: Montauk Downs	p. 143
New Zealand: The Hills	p. 147
North Carolina: Pinehurst No. 2	p. 151
Ontario: Devil's Paintbrush	p. 155
Oregon: Bandon Trails	p. 159
Portugal: Oitavos Dunes	p. 165
Scotland-Dornoch: Royal Dornoch	p. 169
Scotland-Islay: The Machrie Golf Links	p. 175
Scotland-Machrihanish: Machrihanish Golf Club	p. 183
Scotland-South Uist: Askernish Old	p. 183
South Africa: Durban Country Club	p. 187
South Carolina: Kiawah Island (The Ocean Course)	p. 193
Spain: PGA Golf de Catalunya (Green)	p. 196
Thailand: Blue Canyon (Canyon Course)	p. 199
United Arab Emirates: Arabian Ranches	p. 203
Uruguay: Four Seasons Carmelo	p. 208
Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh Golf Trail	p. 213
Wales: A Welsh Sampler	p. 216
Washington: Chambers Bay Golf Course	p. 219
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