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Company: News & Press - 2005 |
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6 October 05
Contact:
Theresa Eldredge, Senior Publicist
T: (203) 458-4539 / 800-962-0973, ext. 4539
E: Theresa.Eldredge@GlobePequot.com |
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ADVENTURE GOLF |
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Attractions on and off the World's Most Remarkable Golf Courses |
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 This lavishly illustrated guide combines two strong passions
- golf and travel - in one spectacular book. It's the perfect
planning or dream book for those who want to play unusual
courses and sample culture and environment around the globe.
As a companion volume to the multi-part public television
series airing nationwide this Fall, Adventure Golf (Globe
Pequot Press, November 2005) both inspires and involves the
reader on vicarious visits to Japan, Scotland, United Arab
Emirates, Southern California, and South Africa. Join the
intrepid Pilot Productions team as they play top courses and
golf resorts worldwide, and then tag along on outings off
the course, where you'll celebrate national festivals, visit
top tourist and historic sites, and enjoy activities such
as wine tasting, volcano hikes, and gliding.
Each chapter covers the history of golfing in a particular
country and selected courses are identified for each region,
with full descriptions complemented by fabulous photographs
and specially produced course graphics. As a special bonus,
a DVD of the Scotland episode from the television show is
included inside each book.
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| ABOUT THE AUTHOR: |
Pilot Productions provides factual magazine series and
adventure-travel programmes for broadcasters in more than 40
countries. Programs can be seen in the U.S. on Discovery Networks,
Arts & Entertainment and Public Television.
Ian Cross's media career in newspapers, radio and television
spans 30 years and three continents - the United States, his
native Australia, and the UK, where he lives with his wife
and two children. For three years he was European correspondent
for ABC-TV, then in 1988 he produced the Beyond Tomorrow science
series for Fox Networks in the United States.
Ian is a recent convert to the pleasures of golf - he took
up the game in 1994 upon turning 40-years-old and soon became
a keen aficionado of the sport. Whilst filming for Adventure
Golf on the King's Course in Gleneagles, he met his downfall
at "Whaup's Nest", the 8th, where he took 18 shots
to get out of a bunker. Bunkers are his most feared golf hazard.
Today he is a handicap 18 golfer who leads a nomadic-cum-jet-setting
golfing life - he has no home club but enjoys playing the game
internationally - particularly in Northern France and Links
Golf in Scotland and Ireland.
During the first season of filming
for Adventure Golf, Ian has experienced some of the greatest
golf courses in the world in Scotland, Dubai, Southern California,
Japan, South Africa, and Florida. He was bowled over by the
high-tech and futuristic golf experience in Japan, in particular
the Gotemba Course overlooking Mount Fuji. |
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ADVENTURE GOLF |
Attractions on and off the World's Most Remarkable Golf Courses
By Pilot Productions
ISBN 0762737905 o $35.00 o Hardcover o 10 x 9 o 185 pages.
Color photos throughout.
NOV 2005
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