Golf Digest's Places to Play: The Results of the Latest Player Ratings of 5,000 Public and Resort Courses in t he USA, Canada, Mexico and the Islands (Fodor's Golf Digests Places to Play) | 
 enlarge | Author: Fodor's
Publisher: Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc.
Category: Book
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 1600386
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3rd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1152
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 5.3 x 1.8
ISBN: 0679034021
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3520257
EAN: 9780679034025
ASIN: 0679034021
Publication Date: March 3, 1998
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Amazon.com Review
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."
Product Description
The Only Guide You Need to the Public and Resort Golf Courses of North America and the Islands, with Comments and Ratings by 18,000 Avid Players
"You'll love this guide." -- NY Daily News
"With no vested interests at stake, subscribers offer candid appraisals and comments on courses ranging from posh resorts to local munys." -- Denver Business Journal
Complete Profiles of 5,000 Public and Resort Courses
Addresses, greens fees, pars, yardage, USGA slope ratings, caddies, carts, lodging, and practice ranges
Taking Your Act on the Road
What it takes to make a golf trip great
Candid Appraisals
Players evaluate course conditions, design, distinctiveness, value, service, reliability of tee times, and staff friendliness
Golf Digest's America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses
Chosen by the prestigious Golf Digest selection panel
Great Values
50 courses offering the best golf at the most reasonable prices, plus 150 more courses with quality golf and good value
Great Indexes
Alphabetical and geographical lists make it a cinch to locate the courses you want
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 going golfing December 10, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Compehensive unbiased very helpful guide.MAJOR drawback is next to useless listing by state rather than by city or metropolitan area. Who cares about courses in San Francisco if you're vacationing in Palm Springs!
 Places to Play Gets a Bit Gushy December 24, 2000
First let me state the obvious: All praise you have heard about this volume is merited. It is truly the "don't leave home without it" golfers' equivalent. Its scope is comprehensive, its selection of comments concise and illustrative. Now for the bad part. From the last edition to this it seems as if all the courses have improved a half-star. Having found the previous ratings dead-on, I was stupefied by the number of "solid" courses being awarded four stars, which in the editor's judgment stands for "Plan your next vacation around it." Sorry, but the ratings are far too liberal this go around. Still this book is most impressive for its geographic consistency. Thinking that a course deep in the heart of nowhere can't possibly be examined accurately? Think again. The reviews are always accurate. The negative comments are soft-pedaled, but they are there and after awhile you can discern them quite easily. If you have golf wanderlust, you'll become quite attached to this book.
Places to Play Gets a Bit Gushy December 24, 2000
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
First let me state the obvious: All praise you have heard about this volume is merited. It is truly the "don't leave home without it" golfers' equivalent. Its scope is comprehensive, its selection of comments concise and illustrative. Now for the bad part. From the last edition to this it seems as if all the courses have improved a half-star. Having found the previous ratings dead-on, I was stupefied by the number of "solid" courses being awarded four stars, which in the editor's judgment stands for "Plan your next vacation around it." Sorry, but the ratings are far too liberal this go around. Still this book is most impressive for its geographic consistency. Thinking that a course deep in the heart of nowhere can't possibly be examined accurately? Think again. The reviews are always accurate. The negative comments are soft-pedaled, but they are there and after awhile you can discern them quite easily. If you have golf wanderlust, you'll become quite attached to this book.
Almost perfect October 6, 2000
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
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!
Golf Digests place to play June 6, 2000
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
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.
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