Fairways: America's Greatest Golf Resorts

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On the course at Maui's Four Seasons Resorts, you can choose your own distraction: the rustling palm trees; the fingers of volcanic rock; the mist rising from the sea view. At Whistling Sands, near Lake Michigan, one can admire the easy roll of architect Peter Dye's design or admit your weakness by climbing down the neat steps to the sand bunker. DK's Fairways is a lush pictorial that rivals any other published tribute to America's great golf courses. The dazzling color photographs transport you. Each resort is rated by challenge, beauty, lodging, cuisine, and amenities.

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Selected by the World's Leading Golf Travel Writers

Never before has a book so lavishly captured the pinnacle of American golf travel: the luxurious resorts that cater to golfers and non-golfers alike. The one hundred crème de la crème of golf resorts, selected by a detailed surveying of the country's leading golf travel experts, are featured in the pages of Fairways. From the rugged exclusivity of Pebble Beach to the time-honored greens of Pinehurst to the cutting-edge elegance of Hawaii, Fairways whisks readers to the courses and resort grounds through gorgeous, full-color photography, enticing travel essays, and helpful information boxes. Each resort receives a rating summary, based on a five-star system, of the Challenge of the course or courses, the Beauty of the course and resort grounds, plus the Lodging, Cuisine, and Amenities offered by the resort. Fairways also contains informative Golfing boxes that offer the information every golfer needs to know: architects, tour stops, turf, par, yardage, rating, and slope. But what Fairways also provides are Experiencing boxes that highlight the splendid non-golf activities that abound at each of these exceptional resorts. Spa treatments, menu highlights, and enrichment programs are included because golf is not foremost in the mind of every resort traveler. Although Fairways is the perfect resource for planning a golf vacation, it also highlights all the wonderful luxuries that a resort vacation offers. Fairways belongs in the library of every avid golfer, but it will be a delightful read for anyone with a taste for elegance and relaxation.

Author Biography: David G. Molyneaux, travel editor of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, has worked as a newspaper reporter and editor since the 1960s. Assignments have taken him all over the world, including Germany for the fall of the Berlin Wall and South Africa after the end of apartheid. Whenever possible, Molyneaux packs his golf clubs and works at the game he enjoys playing with his teenage son, who occasionally beats him. He is an officer of the Editors Council of the Society of American Travel Writers and is a trustee of the SATW Foundation. Molyneaux helped bring together the country's most admired golf travel writers to write about golf resorts in every region of the country. These golf travel writers, Cynthia Boal Janssens, Cori Kenicer, Larry Olmsted, Alice Rindler Shapin, Lynn Seldon, and William Tomicki, are experts in assessing and describing what's best about America's top golf destinations. They have been published in leading golf and travel publications, including Luxury Golf, Golf for Women, Senior Golfer, The Golf Insider, Golf and Travel, Golf magazine, and Travel & Leisure Golf.

Tehabi Books conceived, designed, and produced Fairways and has developed and published many award-winning books that are recognized for their strong literary and visual content. Tehabi works with national and international publishers, corporations, institutions, and nonprofit groups to identify, develop, and implement comprehensive publishing programs. The name Tehabi is derived form a Hopi Indian legend and symbolizes the importance of teamwork. Tehabi Books is located in San Diego, California.

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The book will appeal to the passions and curiosities of anyone who's ever picked up a club, planned a vacation, or stepped onto a course.

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