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PUBLISHER Dermot Synnott
COMMERCIAL MANAGER Dane Galligan
MARKETING MANAGER Kathy Synnott
GOLF TRAVEL EDITOR Peter Ellegard
FINANCIAL CONTROLLER Darren Maguire
PHOTOGRAPHY / EDITORIAL IAGTO , Peter Ellegard ,
Kathy Synnott , Kevin Markham , Karl Doyle , Sam Sakocius ,
Zenta Thomas , Andrew Marshall , Paul Marshall .
INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES David Doyle ( Spain ) Albert Ferrer ( Spain )
Francisco Pinto Leite ( Portugal ) Ronald Montesano ( USA )
Peter Barnes ( UK ) Gene Oberto ( Sweden ) Gianni Attanasio ( Italy )
Paul Chan ( China ) Maarten Hageman ( Netherlands ) Benjamin Oosterveer ( Morocco ) Kevin Markham ( Ireland ) Declan Crowe ( Malaysia ) Wayne Morden ( Canada )
Lee Owen ( Australia ) Pall Sveinsson ( Iceland ) Dewi Merckx ( Belgium )
Ru Macdonald ( Scotland ) Zenta Thomas ( Asia )
John Cockayne ( Africa )
FRONT COVER Hamilton Island , Australia

Welcome to Destination Golf ’ s second Global Top 150 Stay & Play Resorts guide .

Wherever you ’ re looking to book your golfing holiday for 2018 or 2019 , we ’ ve got you covered with this , our first guide to the world ’ s top Stay & Play golf resorts . Following on from our established Top 100 Europe Stay & Play guide , in which we present our selection of choice golf resorts from 19 countries across Europe , we have chosen a further 50 resorts throughout the rest of the world .
Let us transport you on a golf trip through some of the finest golf resorts worldwide in our 140-page guide . Beyond Europe we take in several resorts in the USA , visiting Florida , California , Arizona , North and South Carolina , Virginia and Hawaii . We also bring you resorts in Mexico , Costa Rica and Nicaragua in Latin America , as well as resorts from a trio of Caribbean nations - Barbados , Tobago and Puerto Rico .
Crossing the Atlantic to the African continent , we put resorts in South Africa , Morocco and Egypt under the microscope , along with ones in Indian Ocean islands Mauritius and Sri Lanka . In Asia , we select resorts in China , Cambodia , Thailand , Malaysia , Indonesia and the Philippines . And we round off with a focus on places to stay and play in Australia and New Zealand .
Our Europe selection takes in resorts from Iberian Peninsula neighbours Spain and Portugal through the Mediterranean via France , Italy , Greece , Slovenia , Cyprus and Turkey , to Bulgaria ’ s Black Sea coast , then up through Austria , Hungary , the Czech Republic , Germany and Poland , and across the Baltic Sea to Sweden , not forgetting British Isles quartet England , Scotland , Wales a nd Ireland .
All our selected resorts offer the best in dining , accommodation and golf experiences that will suit everyone from couples or families to groups . Make sure you check out our highlighted recommended resorts , too .
I hope our guide gives you plenty of food for thought on where to take your next golfing sojourn . There ’ s a world of great golf awaiting you .
Peter Ellegard Editor
Dermot Synnott
Editorial Director
Kathy Synnott
Marketing Manager
Peter Ellegard
Golf Travel Editor
Text , photographs and illustrations in this publication are protected by copyright . Reproduction in whole or in part is strictly forbidden . While every effort has been made to maintain integrity and accuracy , the publishers cannot be held responsible for any errors , inconvenience or legal proceedings of any kind arising from information , content , advice or advertisements contained herein . We are grateful to the many tourist boards and federations that have helped with certain text and images in this magazine . All rights reserved 2018 .
Dane Galligan
Commercial Manager
Kevin Markham
Editor

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