SUMMER NOT IN THE CITY

As a kid, summer was that joyous period between school years when all sense of time was suspended and life was carefree. Though just three months long, it felt like forever. I knew early on that I wanted to live my whole life in an endless summer.

Back then, my family drove from our home in Los Angeles down to our ranch in San Diego County and rode horses through winding canyons to towns called Lilac and Fallbrook, played games with our friends in the fields and haystacks, smudged the orange trees on freezing nights and learned to care for and show our prize black angus at local fairs.

Nowadays, summer is more about squeezing long weekends into our crazy schedules and hopefully finding an entire week to spend with kids and family, playing a little golf, fly-fishing a river. Our two main features this issue—“Perfect Companions: Great Places to Fly-Fish & Golf” (page 15) and “The Lure of Northern Michigan” (page 19)—are precisely on the theme of memorable summer getaways.

Fly-fishing aficionado and author Chris Santella, whose has written several books on the subject, describes 10 ideal fly-fishing destinations that are near or abut Troon golf courses. He takes us from well-known spots such as the Deschutes River in central Oregon to experiences you may not have considered, such as fly-fishing for mako sharks near San Diego, California.

Veteran writer Norm Sinclair, meanwhile, leads us on a golf romp through northern Michigan, starting with the course voted by readers of Golf World as the number one public course in the country in 2010, Forest Dunes Golf Club. While in the region, Sinclair advises us not to miss Boyne, Treetops and the many other excellent courses and resorts to be found there.

After reading those stories, as well as Larry Berle’s “My Bucket List,” wherein the author sets out on a decade-long odyssey to play all top 100 courses in the U.S., and amazingly accomplishes his task, I’m ready to pack my bags and find some summer fun of my own...hope you are too!

Volume 2, Number 7 July / August 2011

SO LONG.

BEATING THE LEADING DRIVERS* WAS A LONG SHOT. WE DIDN’T KNOW IT WOULD BE

EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

George Fuller

gfuller@troongolfandtravel.com

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Brett Brooks, Cyndi Bush, Tim Greenwell

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Kevin Gilbert

SECTION EDITORS

Tom Bedell (travel),

Malcolm Campbell (at large),

Scott Kauffman (business), Jason Kerkmans (apparel), Scott Kramer

(equipment), Jeff Williams (professional golf)

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS/ PHOTOGRAPHERS/ILLUSTRATORS

Larry Berle, Brian Morgan, Mark Newcombe, Chris Santella, Norm Sinclair, Brian Walters

ADVISORY BOARD

Fred Ackerman, Dave Barkin, Quentin Lutz

TAYLORMADE 231.9

CALLAWAY 222.2

TITLEIST 236.4

CLEVELAND 243.5

INDEPENDENT DRIVER DISTANCE TEST RESULTS

OVER 7 YARDS LONGER THAN TITLEIST 910 D2

227.2TAYLORMADE

OVER ELEVEN YARDS LONGER THAN R11
21 YARDS LONGER THAN RAZR HAWK
LAUNCHER XL270 WAS LONGER THAN THE COMPETITION
16 YARDS LONGER THAN BURNER SF 2.0

180 YARDS

190 YARDS

200 YARDS

210 YARDS

220 YARDS

230 YARDS

240 YARDS

George Fuller,

gfuller@troongolfandtravel.com

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Copyright 2011 by Flagship Custom Publishing. All rights reserved. Contents may not be reprinted or otherwise reproduced without written permission from Flagship Custom Publishing. Troon Golf & Travel is published by license with Troon Golf by Flagship Custom Publishing, LLC, P.O. Box 2120, Litchfield Park, AZ 85340. Editorial inquiries should be directed to: editor@ troongolfandtravel.com.

In independent testing the Cleveland® Ultralite XL270™ driver proved longer than the TaylorMade® R11™, Burner® SuperFast™ 2.0, Callaway® RAZR Hawk™ and Titleist® 910D2™. The reason the XL270 won the test is because it’s so much lighter than the others, creating more clubhead speed resulting in longer drives. If this isn’t convincing enough for you, go test an XL270 against any other driver to experience the power of Ultralite technology for yourself. SOME DRIVERS LOOK HIGH-TECH, SOME REALLY ARE.

— See full independent test results at CLEVELANDGOLF.COM/XL270LONG

*When we say leading drivers we simply mean that people buy their drivers because those big marketing machines spend millions of dollars brainwashing people into thinking their drivers are the best. After you see the independent test results you will know who the real leader is.