Golf

Gone are the days when golf was a quaint and old-fashioned pastime. Back on the Olympic program since 2016, the sport has had a rebirth like none other, with professionals like Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy reinvigorating the course, and celebrities from Justin Timberlake to Bill Murray perfecting their backswing. While traditional golf clubs such as the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews are still the measure of all things, exciting new golf courses and golf resorts have multiplied the range of destinations for golf enthusiasts. This volume introduces the most exclusive, sophisticated and spectacular golf resorts in the world. These are golfing holiday destinations that score not only with sophisticated layouts in charming landscapes - whether against alpine mountain scenery or tropical sandy beaches – but also with wonderful rooms, outstanding food, and comprehensive wellness offers. Within this perfect gift for golfers, each prestigious golf resort is presented with an expert review, covering its benefits on and off the fairways and greens. The sections on resorts are interspersed with background information and amusing anecdotes, capturing the history and contemporary world of golfing. Because as all good golfers know, this is more than a club-and-ball sport, it is a lifestyle. SELLING POINTS: . The most prestigious and spectacular golf resorts around the world . With background information and amusing episodes from the history of golf . The perfect gift for all golf enthusiasts and those who want to become one 113 colour and 33 b/w photographs

Stefan Maiwald, born in 1971 in Braunschweig, is one of the most versatile German authors. He has lived on the island of Grado between Venice and Trieste for twenty years and writes novels, crime thrillers and non-fiction, including the bestsellers "Laura, Leo, Luca and I - How to Survive in an Italian Family," "We are Papa!" and "The Italian Principle: This is How Happiness Works!" The historical Venice crime novel "The Doge's Spy" was voted best debut of the year by the authors' and critics' association HOMER, and his blog postausitalien.com is the most-read German-language Italy site. Maiwald spends most of his free time on the beach; in Grado there are seven kilometers of fine sand.

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