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May 16, 2008

Dear Fellow Golfer,

IF YOU ENJOY extraordinary golf courses, luxury resorts, fine dining, and the lore of the game, you’ll love Golf Odyssey, the world’s preeminent source for information on sophisticated golf travel…

IF YOU ENJOY extraordinary golf courses, you’ll love when we treat you to reviews of the most exciting course layouts in the world, by the most renowned golf course architects—ideal places for the ultimate golf vacation.

IF YOU ENJOY luxury resorts, you’ll love when we treat you to detailed descriptions of the best destinations, the most luxurious accommodations, and the finest amenities, including our specific recommendations on where to stay on your golf vacation.

IF YOU ENJOY fine dining, you’ll love when we review the best places to eat on your golf vacation, complete with suggested menu selections.

IF YOU ENJOY the tradition and lore of the game, you’ll love when we take you on an itemized tour of Pebble Beach, Pinehurst, St. Andrew's and other historic venues, complete with our insights into how to play key holes.

IF YOU ENJOY hidden gems, you’ll love when we introduce you to secluded and little-known exclusive hideaways that are ideal for a romantic, private golf vacation.

IF YOU ENJOY and demand quality, luxury, sophistication, tradition and the best things in life on a golf vacation, you’ll love Golf Odyssey.

Golf Odyssey subscribers get exclusive “insider” information

• Did you know that most romantic and luxurious place to stay on a Hilton Head golf vacation is the Inn at Palmetto Bluff? Set amidst flowering gardens, breathtaking sunsets, and framed against the majestic Southern Carolina low country, this world-renowned Auberge Resort rests on 22,000 acres—equal to 1.5 times the size of Manhattan.
• Did you know that the 10th hole at Farm Neck Golf Club on Martha’s Vineyard is home to some of the Western hemisphere’s smartest crows? Once unsuspecting groups arrive at the green, the crows descend on the carts and help themselves to all the food purchased at the turn.
• Did you know that the Wynn Golf Club, Tom Fazio’s creation for Steve Wynn on the Las Vegas Strip, may only be played by registered guests of the Wynn Las Vegas hotel, and has a $500 greens fee? While a marvel of engineering, we found the Wynn golf experience to be wildly overpriced and overhyped.

• Did you know that the best cheeseburger in the British Isles can be found just 100 yards from the 18th green of the Old Course in St. Andrews? The friendly Golfers Corner Lounge Bar at the Dunvegan Hotel is operated by an American couple, and a favorite item on the menu is an authentic, mouth-watering cheeseburger.

Welcome to the candor, insights and uncommon sense of Golf Odyssey—the monthly guide to sophisticated golf travel that since 1992 has been fervently embraced by an exclusive group of golf enthusiasts around the world.

The ultimate authority on golf travel

Golf Odyssey is the leading independent authority on the world’s most famous golf resorts, as well as the little-known golf hideaways. Our experts travel the globe to review both the popular golf vacation spots and the hidden treasures.

We provide you with expert analysis of the finest golf available to the public and benchmark our experiences using a proprietary rating system. Golf Odyssey assigns a separate numerical score to the golf courses, golf services, lodging, restaurants, and non-golf activities at each location.

Our primary coverage area includes the United States and Canada, the British Isles, Mexico and the Caribbean. In recent years, we’ve also reviewed prime golf destinations throughout Central America, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Asia.

In all, we have reviewed more than 1,000 golf courses and 500 resorts in 30 countries. No other publication even comes close to the exclusive coverage of Golf Odyssey!

You can count on Golf Odyssey’s objectivity and reliability

Golf Odyssey accepts no advertising and therefore is entirely free of pressure from advertisers! In short, our recommendations are unbiased, objective and totally reliable.

Golf Odyssey reviews all aspects of the golf, lodging, restaurants and numerous amenities offered at each destination so you can make informed decisions on:

• Where to visit
• What courses to play
• Where to stay
• Where to dine
• When to travel

Golf Odyssey’s writers travel anonymously and do not accept any courtesy discounts, gifts or advertising from golf courses, resorts or restaurants.

The result: Golf Odyssey is the ultimate golf insider’s newsletter—unbiased, objective and easy-to-read.

The uncommon candor of Golf Odyssey makes you an informed consumer

Whether you’re a high handicapper or a scratch golfer, if you’re serious about discovering the little-known facts about the world’s finest golf venues, you’ll feel right at home with Golf Odyssey.

We don’t pull any punches with our candid reviews and scorecards.

• In our May 2007 Golf Odyssey review of Sunday River Golf Club in Maine we were disappointed by the layout and stunned by the playing conditions at a course that was designated as one of the best new courses of 2006 by several major golf publications.
• We discovered Oregon’s Bandon Dunes Resort long before most of the other golf media, and we’ve been reporting about this Pacific Northwest golf paradise for years. In our January 2007 issue, we brought our readers inside the secretive Sheep Ranch, thought by some to be the purest golf experience in the world.
• In the December 2006 issue of Golf Odyssey, we designated La Costa Resort & Spa near San Diego the “most overrated golf resort” we visited that year. We noted the valet stand and registration desks were "quagmires waiting to happen".

No wonder thousands of loyal golf enthusiasts rely on the information and insights they find in Golf Odyssey to plan their ultimate golf vacation, whether in the United States, Mexico, Ireland, Scotland, Australia or elsewhere.

Isn’t it time you got in on all the fun and excitement of Golf Odyssey?

Golf Odyssey satisfies the most demanding golf traveler

• If you’d like expert reviews, tips and how-to information on extraordinary golf courses and luxury resorts…
• If you’d enjoy being part of an exclusive group of golfers who put Golf Odyssey on their required reading list…
• If you find yourself hopelessly, yet happily hooked on the beauty, challenge, history and lore of the world’s finest golf courses and resorts…

…then welcome to Golf Odyssey.

Subscribe to Golf Odyssey right now and join a select group of the world’s most informed and sophisticated golf travelers.

Cordially,

David M. Baum
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief

P.S. Shouldn’t you be a golf travel insider, with exclusive access to the secrets and little-known golf venues that only a privileged few players ever learn about and enjoy?

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