Noted Golf Experts Publish Insider Advice on "Planning the Ultimate Bandon Dunes Golf Vacation"
SHORT HILLS, N.J., July 24, 2007 â?¦Golf Vacation Insider—the online arm of Golf Odyssey, the world’s preeminent newsletter for sophisticated golf travelers—today announced the release of Planning the Ultimate Bandon Dunes Golf Vacation, an authoritative and insider’s guide to what it calls, "the best place on the planet to play golf."
The book contains the kind of inside information and valuable advice that can only come from an expert eye that has stayed, played and dined at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort multiple times, which its writers have, regularly, after each significant addition to this magnificent three-course facility.
Author David Baum and the editors of Golf Odyssey — who have traveled to 30 countries to review 1,500 of the world’s best golf courses, resorts and restaurants — practically take readers onto the fairways of Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, explaining each course’s intricacies and strategic elements; into the rooms, describing in detail how they’re appointed and giving advice as to which best suit different types of travelers; and into the restaurants, providing recommendations on the resort’s signature dishes and unique wine lists. In addition, the book features never-seen-before interviews with the resort’s three course architects: David McLay Kidd (Bandon Dunes), Tom Doak (Pacific Dunes) and Bill Coore (co-architect of Bandon Trails).
Presented in a clear, easy-to-read format with an impressive attention to detail, this inexpensive guide makes readers "resort ready" and helps them maximize every dollar of what can be a very expensive vacation.
Now in its 16th year of publication, Golf Odyssey first visited Bandon Dunes Golf Resort seven years ago when it was just a single, unknown course and boldly predicted that it, "will rival Pebble Beach as a pilgrimage destination." After the addition of Pacific Dunes in 2001, Golf Odyssey called it, "one of the world’s finest courses." Recently, a major mainstream golf publication came to a similar conclusion, moving the course ahead of Pebble Beach Golf Links as the top public-access course in the country.
"Our loyal readers didn’t have to wait five years to gain that insight," said Baum, publisher/editor-in-chief of Golf Odyssey and a golf travel expert, who, in just the past 12 months, has played more than 50 courses in five countries. "Discovering great golf destinations before they are discovered by the masses is one of the primary reasons savvy golfers subscribe to Golf Odyssey."
Last year, Golf Odyssey returned to Bandon Dunes Golf Resort to review Bandon Trails, the resort’s third course and declared, "Bandon Trails cements Bandon Dunes Golf Resort’s position as the single best place to play golf in the world. Nowhere else on the planet can you simply drop your bags and have so many extraordinary golf holes at hand. If you haven’t yet been to Bandon, go."
Planning the Ultimate Bandon Dunes Golf Vacation is the second in a line of premium golf travel guidebooks being released by Baum Media Group’s Golf Vacation Insider imprint, which also publishes free daily golf travel advice and maintains a website devoted to golf travel tips at www.GolfVacationInsider.com. Planning the Ultimate Bandon Dunes Golf Vacation can be purchased in electronic and print formats at for $14.97 and $19.97, respectively, at www.BandonBook.com or in print only at Amazon.com.
About Golf Odyssey
Golf Odyssey, LLC publishes a monthly, subscription-only newsletter and companion website. Now in its 16th year, Golf Odyssey: The Insider’s Guide to Sophisticated Golf Travel, is dedicated to the publication of honest and unbiased evaluations of great golf destinations in the United States and abroad. Golf Odyssey travels anonymously, pays 100 percent of its own expenses, and does not accept advertising from golf courses, resorts or restaurants in order to serve its subscribers with objective information and discriminating advice. Subscribers to Golf Odyssey include Fortune 500 CEOs, members of 95 of the top-100 golf clubs in America, professional athletes and celebrities, and world-famous golf course architects. To subscribe to Golf Odyssey and/or give it as a gift, please visit www.golfodyssey.com.
About Golf Vacation Insider
Golf Vacation Insider, LLC publishes free travel tips via e-mail, a website, and books on golf travel. Managing editor and golf travel veteran Craig Better works closely with the editors of Golf Odyssey to provide free, insider travel tips to subscribers at least three times per week. The first two titles from Golf Vacation Insider’s line of golf travel guidebooks (Planning the Ultimate Golf Vacation and Planning the Ultimate Bandon Dunes Golf Vacation) were released in 2006. For a free subscription to Golf Vacation Insider, please visit www.golfvacationinsider.com.
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Golf Odyssey & Golf Vacation Insider
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