Europe’s best kept golf travel secret

There are so many golf courses in Europe, it is hard to comprehend, and that includes a lot of legitimate hidden gems even in the most "discovered" places, like Ireland and Scotland. That is why any serious golf traveler who crosses the pond should get a copy of the Peugeot Golf Guide. This is to golf courses what the Michelin Guide is to restaurants. The green volume covers what it considers the top thousand courses in Europe, which is a lot, requiring about a 1000 pages for a pretty comprehensive (I have only failed to find a courses once or twice) list of every country in Europe. Each course is described and rated one a scale of 1-20 for excellence, with details on getting there, hours, rates and lodging and dining options. It is far better at what it does than any of the American books of its type, like Golf Digest’s Places to Play or the Zagat Survey, yet for some reason it remains unknown on these shores. It is updated bi-annually and the 2007/2008 edition is out now. You can get it at any major bookstore in Europe, or through Amazon for less than thirty bucks.