Golf Digest's Places to Play, 5th Edition: The Latest Player Ratings of More Than 6,500 Public and Resort Courses in the USA, Canada, Mexico, and the Islands (Special-Interest Titles) (Paperback)

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For the 1998 edition of its guide to the best golf facilities, Golf Digest asked its readers to rank every course they played in the previous year according to "overall golf experience, the value for the money, and the standard of service at the facility." The results, comprehensive enough to sate even the most information-hungry player, are collected in this thorough guide that is sure to be valued by duffers and pros alike. A quick peek at the opening section reveals rankings for "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses 1997-98" (Pine Valley Golf Club in New Jersey and Augusta National, home of the Masters tournament, come out on top), "The Five Star Courses," great-value and good-value facilities, and facilities offering great and good service. Dig a little deeper and you'll find listings for 5,000 courses in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the islands--Abaco and Aruba to Tobago and the Turks and Caicos. Each listing includes the rating, from one to five stars, as well as such information as the course phone number and approximate directions, instructions for booking a tee time, number of holes on the course, whether golf carts are available and what the walking policy is, the length of the season, green fees, and whether metal spikes are allowed. Trivia buffs will enjoy learning when each course opened and who the architect was, in addition to the par, yardage, U.S. Golf Association course rating, and slope. All of this is complemented by comments from Golf Digest readers. The King's North Course at Myrtle Beach National Golf Club in South Carolina, for example, is described as one of the "top of the line public courses.... Most memorable hole: par 5 with island fairway.... Arnie [Palmer] did a fantastic job.... Course much tougher after redesign, some tricked up holes." With facts, figures, and the inside lowdown from players around the world, Golf Digest's Places to Play surely is "as essential to golf as your favorite putter." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
Golf Digest's Places to Play is the only guide to the public and resort golf courses of North America and the Islands that you need. Packed with comments and ratings by more than 20,000 avid players, Golf Digest's Places to Play offers complete profiles of 6,000 public and resort courses; addresses, greens fees, pars and yardage; USGA slope and course ratings; caddies, carts, lodging, practice ranges, and course policies, as well as travel tips and candid appraisals by golf experts. Golf Digest's Places to Play makes it easy for you to find what you want, listing courses that offer great value, great service, great pace, and great conditioning, and comes with alphabetical and geographical indexes that make it a cinch to locate courses.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1104 pages
• Publisher: Fodor's; 5th edition (April 2, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0676908799
• ISBN-13: 978-0676908794
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #784,855 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Golf Digests place to play, June 5, 2000

By	John Weatherhead (Atlanta, Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Golf Digest's Places to Play, 4th Edition: 6,000 Public and Resort Courses in the USA, Canada, Mexico and the Islands, with the Latest Player Ratings (Special-Interest Titles) (Paperback)

A great book which allows you to book tee times all over the U.S. Information is correct and reviews are interesting. Reviews seem to be very accurate in the courses I have played. A book a true golfer cannot survive without.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fodor's Golf Digest's Places to Play, May 11, 2000

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This review is from: Golf Digest's Places to Play, 4th Edition: 6,000 Public and Resort Courses in the USA, Canada, Mexico and the Islands, with the Latest Player Ratings (Special-Interest Titles) (Paperback)

This is an invaluable guide to the best golf in the U.S. I can't imagine planning a golf trip without it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Almost perfect, October 5, 2000

By	Mark D. Stenner "mdstenner" (Tulsa, OK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Golf Digest's Places to Play, 4th Edition: 6,000 Public and Resort Courses in the USA, Canada, Mexico and the Islands, with the Latest Player Ratings (Special-Interest Titles) (Paperback)

This is a truly excellent guide. I would recommend this to any golfer wanting to try new tracks. Having taken up golf again six months ago and having just moved to Oklahoma from Mass. I needed a solid review book to begin exploring my local environs. This book has come up trumps again and again - providing an accurate overview of courses in my area, throughout the rest of the state, and all over the country. I wouldn't agree with every course review but that is part of the fun, and course conditions and upkeep can change in a short period so it would be churlish to nit-pick. Thanks to this sterling guide (my only complaint - some of the distances form major cities are off) I've played some great courses I would never have come across. Indispensable and superior, by a long, long way, to anything else out there. Bravo Golf Digest!