This Week at TravelGolf.com: June 29, 2004

We've always considered David R. Holland to be one of the best golf writers in the country. Thanks to "The Colorado Golf Bible," more people are discovering what we've known for years. A senior writer at TravelGolf.com since 1998, Holland is receiving rave reviews for his work on "The Colorado Golf Bible," the first comprehensive travel golf guidebook to cover every course in Colorado and the state's best off-the-beaten path travel guide.

Whether you need a place to play for your Sunday round, want to plan a major golf pilgrimage, or simply enjoy wandering the state's backroads, "The Colorado Golf Bible" is the perfect inspiration for filling up the ice chest, spreading out the maps, throwing the clubs in the back of the truck, and heading down the road for a golf adventure. The 400-plus pages are loaded with quotes and factoids at the bottom of each page, rare historical golf photos, and travel details for 120 golf towns. For more information, visit coloradogolfbible.com.

If Colorado isn't your destination of choice, you'll find plenty of reviews and travel features from across the country at TravelGolf.com this week, including a creative look at our newly constructed Phil Mickelson Golf Trail in Arizona, where Lefty lived for the past decade before heading back home to San Diego. As always, your comments are welcome on any topic. Have a great week.

Haywood County
golf offers a great escape

A breathtaking locale in the clutches of both the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky mountains, Haywood County is the perfect setting for a Civil War-era romantic narrative and a modern-day golf escape. Tucked in the southwestern corner of the Tar Heel state, this is your destination if affordable and scenic mountain golf is your agenda. And if you can tear yourself away from the golf links for parts of a day, there are other pursuits.

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How will The Orchards
stack up as a major venue?

If The Orchards is quirky (in anything but the endearing sense of the term), then many other major championship venues are downright bizarre. There are no weak holes here - all require precise placement from tee to green, though all also offer alternate, though trickier, routes. Conditions will be critical. Senior writer Kiel Christianson tells you what to expect as the U.S. Women's Open tees off in South Hadley (Mass.) this week.

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Summer reading list heats up

If the living is truly easy in the summertime, then there should be plenty of time for golf, reading, and reading about golf. Fortunately, senior golf writer Shane Sharp has had plenty of time lately (mostly while sitting in airline terminals) to catch up on his reading, so we've asked for a few of his top literary recommendations. Not surprisingly, the list starts with the latest from Rick Reilly and David Feherty.

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