Which features of Golf Odyssey will likely most appeal to GCA.com’s readers?
Well, Ran, I think Golf Odyssey is a great complement to GCA. As you know, we don’t hold ourselves up to be architecture mavens. We’ll leave that to GCA and guys like Tom Doak, Brad Klein, and Geoff Shackelford who live and breathe course design (and write about it quite well). While playing the game is central to our coverage, Golf Odyssey’s perspective is on the total golf travel experience. Our day is just beginning when we step off the 18th green. We place as much importance on helping our readers select the best rooms at the best hotels and the tastiest entrées at the finest restaurants as we do golf course selection. Often times, these aren’t the fanciest places in town, but the out-of-the-way spots that you only know about by chatting up the locals and scouting them out. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, GCA readers are looking for the unvarnished truth, not PR spin or an advertorial. Because we travel anonymously and don’t accept advertising, our readers know that we alwa